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

The government hopes to boost vaccination rates, but a new anti-vaccine campaign is on the rise.

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.

There has been a surge in the number of Pakistanis visiting for tourism.

The COVID-19 vaccination experiences of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show that if you’re a small and poor country, you need to rely on powerful friends.

Articles on the U.S. Embassy-sponsored website call COVID-19 a "fake pandemic" and oppose vaccines. Health experts warn it could make the crisis worse.

Armenia’s success with distance learning is overwhelming parents and teachers, and illuminating socio-economic divides.

Watchdogs fear the change would allow the government to limit the release of mining-related information.

There are worries that election observers from Armenia – which has been relatively hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak – could bring the virus into Karabakh.

Within “3-4 days” the country’s main infectious disease hospital should have a new 40-bed ward, the minister of health reported.

Public gatherings of more than 20 have been banned and media coverage heavily restricted.

All three countries have now seen cases of the disease, most of which have come from Iran.

Armenia went farther than most of Iran’s neighbors, closing its border for two weeks. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, was the only country to have not closed its border with Iran at all.