Afghanistan-Uzbekistan relations

Uzbekistan and the Central Asian states can offer Afghanistan a neighborly helping hand and the Taliban a clear understanding of their new responsibilities and obligations.

The new trilateral fits into existing efforts to increase regional cooperation and integrate Afghanistan’s into Central Asian thinking.

Tashkent’s aims to diversify its transportation routes, a necessity for the double-landlocked state, rest largely on Iran.

Tashkent’s intentions have swiftly moved toward actions when it comes to increasing trade cooperation with Afghanistan.

With new initiatives and new infrastructure, trade plays a dominant role in bilateral relations between Tashkent and Kabul.

The U.S.-led efforts to broker peace get top billing, but Uzbek efforts are worth watching closely.

As Tashkent’s officials move between Doha and Kabul, Uzbekistan is carving a quiet role for itself in the peace process.

U.S. coercive pressure on Iran works against Uzbekistan’s regional interests and the stability of Afghanistan.

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.