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Central Asia in Focus: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Visits Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Lukpan Akhmedyarov detained, Kazakh oil shipped through BTC, UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom makes recommendations, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: Taliban’s Creeping Diplomatic Inroads in Central Asia

‘Terrorist’ and ‘Extremist’ charges in Tajikistan, China investing in Afghan lithium, ban on meetings in Bishkek, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: Poisonous Air in Kazakhstan

Call for sanctions on Tajik Officials, criminalizing domestic violence in Uzbekistan, UN to visit Tajikistan, Kazakh oil workers detained, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: The Rape Case Shocking Uzbekistan

Kazakh labor strikes, Taliban’s relationship with Central Asian countries, Kyrgyz court extends ban on meetings, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: Russian Ties

Central Asian diplomacy with Russia and the West, effects of Afghan water project, Serdar Berdymukhammedov’s presidency, a new Kazakhstan?, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: Almaty Authorities Reject Women’s Day March

Almaty Authorities Reject Women’s Day March, Tajik Authorities Ban Home Prayer Meetings for Ismaili Muslims, Central Asian-Russian relations one year on from war in Ukraine, and more.

Central Asia In Focus: Central Asia Feels The Effects Of Turkey’s Earthquakes

Earthquakes, Kyrgyzstan’s Kempirabad case, RIP Oleg Panfilov, how Russia and Political insiders cash in on Uzbekistan’s gas sector, and more.

Central Asia In Focus: Karakalpak Trials

Karakalpak trials, Uzbekistan halts railway traffic to Afghanistan, independent media deterioration in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: Russia’s Central Asian Casualties of War

Central Asians dying in Russia’s war, Kyrgyzstan’s judicial system problems, transportation corridor opens between India and Central Asia, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: Attacks on RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service

Attacks on RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, Kazakhstan oil exports, human rights in Turkmenistan, Kyrgyz-Tajik ties, elections in Turkmenistan, and more.