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Central Asia in Focus: June 28, 2022

Tajikistan just marked 25 years since the end of the civil war.

Central Asia in Focus: June 21, 2022

Back in February, Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev said Kazakhstan and Russia were neighbors from God.

Central Asia in Focus: June 14, 2022

Tashkent police said on June 8 that some 250 members of extremist groups had been identified in Uzbekistan since the start of 2022.

Central Asia in Focus: June 7, 2022

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon was in Iran at the end of May and Uzbekistan at the start of June.

RFE/RL President Jamie Fly Visits Central Asia 

During visits to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan this week, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President & CEO Jamie Fly met with top government officials, human rights activists, and independent journalists.

Central Asia in Focus: May 31, 2022

Tajik authorities sealed off the eastern Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) and cut communications to the region when unrest broke out on May 16.

Central Asia in Focus: May 24, 2022

The biggest crisis in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) of eastern Tajikistan since the 1992-1997 Tajik civil war erupted on May 16.

Central Asia in Focus: May 17, 2022

I’m trying to remember if I ever ate a meal in Central Asia without bread at the table and I cannot think of that happening even once.

Central Asia in Focus: May 10, 2022

Kazakhstan is conducting a national referendum on changes to the constitution on June 5.

Central Asia in Focus: May 3, 2022

When Turkmenistan announced there would be a presidential election, everyone knew President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s son Serdar would win.