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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.

With an art school and international animation festival, a Georgian Orthodox bishop is trying to revive a village on the de facto border with South Ossetia.

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.

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.

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

Government troops are rumored to have been dispatched to quell the trouble.

This year, Azerbaijan embraces both the Orient and bisexuality, while Georgia complains about the West.