At CIS meeting, Mirziyoyev’s worries about instability in Afghanistan were on display.

Tajikistan once sought to circumvent Uzbekistan with a railway through Afghanistan to Turkmenistan. But Tajik-Uzbek relations are better now.

With talks up north and violence in the southeast, the war in Afghanistan lurches toward its 17th year.

Mirziyoyev has worked hard to position Uzbekistan as an effective mediator in the Afghanistan conflict.

Central Asia is actively engaging Afghanistan on several fronts, but it will take discipline to realize those plans.

Led by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia is taking a more active role in engaging with Afghanistan.

Connectivity was at the heart of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's visit to Uzbekistan this week.

One blown pylon illustrates the vulnerability of electricity transmission lines in Afghanistan