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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.

Consumers of RFE/RL content in Belarus sentenced; Media situation in Tajikistan rapidly declines; and more.

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

At the start of July, civic activists and representatives of women’s organizations in Kyrgyzstan sent a letter to the country’s president.

Protests over proposed constitutional amendments in Uzbekistan’s autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic left 18 people dead and 243 injured on July 1.