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The increases have reversed a demographic decline that the territory has seen since the pandemic and war with Azerbaijan.

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.

Kazakh officials know they cannot be seen siding with a Chinese company.

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.

Tashkent’s vaccination campaign is getting a shot in the arm.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Poor and rural families are not equipped to handle online school. Now they fear another academic year is going to start with schools still closed.

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