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Another project designed to draw Afghans closer to Central Asia is the AIRITOMFree Zone in Termez, which opened last year and ...
Central Asia and Afghanistan also have important demographic ties. Afghanistan is an ethnically diverse country, with more than a dozen ethno-linguistic groups represented substantially in the ...
The construction of the railway connecting Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan holds multi-dimensional strategic value. It ...
In a dramatic shift with far-reaching geopolitical implications, Russia has become the first major world power to formally ...
The rise of the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISIS-K, or ISKP) militant and terrorist group in Afghanistan and the ...
When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan 25 years ago, almost everyone was against it. But Afghanistan's northerly neighbors in Central Asia have taken a different attitude toward the militant ...
In Central Asia, it is the group’s contacts with Turkmenistan that have been most notable. Ashgabat has a deepening economic stake in Afghanistan, which it views as an important transit for ...
Ties between Afghanistan and Central Asia are driven more by security imperatives than by trade and energy. Afghanistan and Central Asia share geographic, demographic, security and economic ties ...
Pakistan has signed a trilateral railway agreement with Uzbekistan and Afghanistan to advance regional connectivity and ...
More South and Central Asia Stories Millions celebrate Hindu Holi festival, approach of spring Military says death toll in Pakistan's train hijacking rises to 31 ...
Scott Worden, who heads the Afghanistan and Central Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, thinks that Central Asian governments overestimate Washington’s leverage.
But Afghanistan's northerly neighbors in Central Asia have taken a different attitude toward the militant group this time in crafting a relationship. When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan ...