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

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

A draft constitution is causing anger in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan, whose rights have been diminished by the changes.

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

Researchers used a jointly manufactured Chinese-Uzbek vaccine in their experiments.

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

The Uzbek blogger who first raised these concerns was smeared, beaten, and now faces trial.

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

In our weekly briefing: doing business with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, it’s reprimand season.

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

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?

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.

The timing of the new legislation recalls recent reporting that cast the president in an unfavorable light.

The region appears wholly unprepared for the latest rise in cases.