Central Asia in Focus

Kazakhstan urged to vote for UN discussion on China’s abuses, a good time for Kyrgyz-Uzbek cooperation, and more.

Tajik Courts Convicting GBAO Residents, Rest in Peace Robin Ord-Smith, Kazakhstan’s Presidential Election, and more.

For a second straight year war broke out along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border on September 16.

Kazakhstan has been having problems lately shipping its goods through Russia to Europe, so Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev ordered his government to find alternatives.

Cheers for Mayor Kanbolot Tutuev of Naryn, a city in northeastern Kyrgyzstan, for providing an incentive for teachers.

Elite troops from Kyrgyzstan’s security service detained Zhurat Abdullaev, the co-owner of Umut and Co.

On August 15, 2021, the Taliban seized Kabul and returned to power in Afghanistan.

Tajik and Uzbek soldiers started military exercises at Uzbekistan’s Termez training grounds on August 4, leaving me with a lot to unpack.

The Tajik government’s campaign against the Pamiri people of the eastern Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) continues unabated.

Tajik authorities are orchestrating the biggest crackdown the country has seen since 2015.