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

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

Letters from Washington, cybersecurity cooperation with China, and negotiating with a bankrupt Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.

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

A severe food shortage crisis is looming in Afghanistan this winter.

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

New pressure from Washington will make China look even closer at Central Asia.

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

Some are speaking out against the conflict despite fears the government’s strong support for Azerbaijan could fuel nationalist reprisals.

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