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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan opposed discussion of Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Council.

It sounded like Xi Jinping was warning Putin against any adventures in Central Asia.

Tashkent has also announced it will not return Afghan aircraft flown by pilots fleeing the Taliban last summer.

Middle-class Afghans with the means to navigate Tajikistan’s bureaucracy see the country as a springboard to the West.

That sets them apart from Afghanistan’s other post-Soviet neighbor, Tajikistan.

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.

The Taliban has assured the region’s governments that it has no designs on them, but can it keep more hostile groups in check?

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Tajik officials no longer speak about the militants with complete disdain.

The documents focuses on viruses, droughts, water shortages and food deficits as potential crisis flashpoints.

This week in our Turkmenistan bulletin: Ashgabat and Moscow suddenly ratify an aged security agreement. Plus budgets, boasts and bribes.

The appearance of the self-defense units is the second time this year that civil society has been forced to hold the line. Where the state repeatedly fails to live up to its obligations, volunteers step in.

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.

Chinese personnel, whose presence Dushanbe denies, forbid reporters from filming.

The government’s lack of capacity helps explain the about-face.