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Relations between Central Asia’s nations and Afghanistan are warming
Asia Plus
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15:07, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Eurasianet reports that relations between the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan are warming as plans move ahead for new rail links, increased trade and creating opportunities for ordinary Afghans. The...
‘The Last Ambassador’: An Afghan Diplomat Without a Country
The Diplomat
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July 8, 2025
“The Last Ambassador,” a new documentary screened at Vienna’s Filmcasino in the city’s 5th district on July 1, offered a moving portrait of Manizha Bakhtari, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Austria, who continues to serve her people despite no longer...
Economic Watch: SCO Global Mayors Dialogue gleans insights to urban development
China Internet Information Center
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TIANJIN, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Digitally empowered governance, trust-based cooperation, and security as a foundation for growth were highlighted at a summit as key pillars in the future development of cities across the Shanghai Cooperation...
Kyrgyzstan: President Should Step in to Halt the Erosion of Freedom of Expression
International Partnership for Human Rights
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We, the undersigned international human rights organizations express our deepest concerns with troubling developments in Kyrgyzstan that further curb freedom of expression and the media and seem designed to encourage self-censorship among...
Key Takeaways From 2Nd China-Central Asia Summit In Astana
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) The second China-Central Asia Summit marks "a historic event" and opened a new chapter for a time-tested regional partnership, said Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President...
Secret banquets in Central Asia
Asia News
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July 3, 2025
For some time now, the authorities in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan have banned end-of-school-year celebrations in order to ‘avoid excesses’. However, these celebrations continue to take place in secret in country houses or...
How Israel's censorship regime conceals Iran's strategic gains in the war
Tehran Times
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June 20, 2025
TEHRAN — As the world’s attention turned to Tehran and Tel Aviv after the regime imposed a war on Iran in the early hours of June 13, a parallel battle began to rage in the shadows: a war against truth. Faced with the devastating blow of Operation...
Russia aims to advance promotion of Russian language abroad, including in Uzbekistan.
Kun.uz
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July 10, 2025
The All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center, commissioned by the Russian Foreign Ministry, is set to conduct sociological research on the promotion of the Russian language abroad, including in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. This follows recent...
Emomali Rahmon and SFD CEO discuss key project financing during high-level meeting
Asia Plus
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15:05, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon held a high-level meeting here with Sultan Al-Marshad, the Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), to discuss the expansion of financial cooperation...
Ronnie Kasrils on Joe Modise
Politicsweb
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Tuesday, 08 July 2025 08/07/25 OPINION Ronnie Kasrils on Joe Modise Victoria Brittain - Ronnie Kasrils | 07 July 2025 Victoria Brittain interviews former intelligence minister on his recent book "Comrade and Commander" Joe Modise. 30 years heading...
Russian Without Russians: The Politics of Language in Uzbekistan
The Diplomat
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June 30, 2025
Uzbekistan’s Gen Z is tired of the Russian language’s privileged status in the country. According to government statistics, approximately 2.1 percent of the country’s 37.5 million people are ethnically Russian (less than 800,000). However, Russian...
Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday
Metro
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June 19, 2025
Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...
Il ruolo turco in Asia centrale: atlantismo od eurasiatismo?
Strategic Culture
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July 9, 2025
La Turchia sta sfruttando la crisi geopolitica in Eurasia e in alcuni Stati post-sovietici per espandere la propria influenza attraverso la cooperazione con i governi dell’Asia centrale, un maggiore coinvolgimento diplomatico e un’integrazione...
The West’s Golden Opportunity to Split Russia’s ‘Deathbed Alliance’
CEPA
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July 1, 2025
While Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Russia are all members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which the Kremlin sees as its uncontested sphere of influence, the authoritarian-leaning group lacks a...
Kazakhstan bans face covering in public spaces: 10 countries with similar laws
Asianet Newsable
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July 1, 2025
Kazakhstan has banned face-covering garments in public, joining a list of nations citing security and cultural identity. Here's a look at 10 countries with similar laws and their reasons In a move that might surprise many, Kazakhstan has banned...
California Focus: Trump on ‘remigration’: Heed the rhetoric
Ukiah Daily Journal - California
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July 8, 2025
Even now, six months into President Trump’s second term, there’s a tendency to disregard President Trump’s sometimes fiery rhetoric as mere big talk. Americans ought to know better by now. Iranians certainly do, after Trump sent bunker bombs into...
Smart Cities Key To Driving SCO's International Influence
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) As China advances its modernization process, the vast experiences accumulated by Chinese cities in areas such as smart technologies, the green economy and sustainable development will provide valuable insights for future SCO...
Children of the CIS countries in Minsk: Belarus Unites Youth for Shared History and Future
News Central Asia
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July 9, 2025
On 7 July 2025, the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk hosted the grand opening of the 10th International Cultural and Educational Forum “Children of the Commonwealth of Independent States.” The event...
Afghanistan is starving—and its farmers are fighting to save the poppy
The Print
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July 9, 2025
The Brotherhood of Universal Love, it called itself, a label that, in 1969, invited no ironic raising of eyebrows. From Balkh and Mazar-i–Sharif, where children sold hashish beads, hashish-filled belts, and hashish-heeled shoes, members of the...
The Hindu Kush Mountains
Pilot Guides
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June 29, 2025
Forming part of the Himalayan mountain system, the Hindu Kush mountains are a significant mountain range in Central and South Asia, extending approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) through Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. The Highest Peak,...