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ISLAMABAD -- Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan signed a framework agreement last week to build a railway line connecting landlocked Central Asia to Pakistani seaports, although analysts say the ...
Local authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second city, said Lenin’s removal was for purely aesthetic reasons; they would re-erect him in another, less central spot. Not everyone in Russia was convinced.
Russia will turn on the ruble “printing press” to cope with its first economic slowdown since the February 2022 start of its ...
Home to Central Asia’s biggest Comic Con, Kazakhstan nurtures home-grown talent In this episode of Modern Nomads, we dive into Kazakhstan’s emerging comics scene—following a local artist who now works ...
ASTANA — HBO Max is set to expand its global reach with upcoming launches in Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ...
Across Kazakhstan, and more broadly in Central Asia, an evolving censorship achieved by various means -- from algorithmic ...
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Central Asia: Caught in the Crossfire

The Israel-Iran conflict has shown that Central Asia’s bid for strategic autonomy is deeply fragile. In a world of unraveling alliances and multiplying crises, Central Asia is quietly finding its ...
ASTANA – In the first half of 2025, the number of freight train departures between China and Central Asia has increased by 25% compared to the same period last year, Xinhua reported on July 20.
Central Asia has been a bellwether of the Sino-Russian relationship. Russia accounts for almost all of Kazakhstan’s imported ...
Central Asia’s land, water, and ecosystems face extreme pressure from farming, population growth, and pollution.
Central Asia is the northern frontier of the Islamic world, and Central Asian leaders have mixed feelings about this. Being part of the Islamic world separates the region from former colonial ...