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

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.

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?

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.

Severe economic and epidemiological challenges now lie ahead.

Any political turmoil was bound to worsen Kyrgyzstan's eviscerated economy, but what has happened over the past week has been especially destructive.

The election did not feel very competitive in the president's hometown.

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

Some hard talk from the Russian foreign minister has led to recriminations in Yerevan and the prospect of Azerbaijan’s foreign minister getting sacked.