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The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.

Victims of crime say they are not properly treated by police.

Kazakhstan is moving through the production cycle, powered by Chinese demand.

Salaries were always horribly low but living costs have soared since the pandemic began.

Kazakh exporters say China is pushing them aside, interested in a transit corridor but not a supplier.

City governments have money to burn and little accountability.

Government agencies and Kazakh-Chinese companies are using the pandemic to shield themselves from scrutiny.

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.

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.

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.

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

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?

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