Tajikistan

Uzbekistan and Tajikistan take joint responsibility for their border with Afghanistan.

Hussein Abdusamadov was the leader, and sole surviving member, of the group of Tajiks who killed four foreign cyclists in the summer of 2018.

To date, Central Asia has no confirmed cases of the virus but the region's countries are certainly concerned.

One “election” down, one more to go this year for Tajikistan. 

A closer look at how two pivotal players factor into subregional dynamics in this domain.

Central Asia will generally welcome -- and want -- U.S. attention, but will want a degree of circumspection.

The new strategy revolves around a familiar “holy trinity” -- independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity -- while acknowledging the power of new regional dynamics.

Ahead of parliamentary elections, Tajik authorities detained a journalist for publishing what it says are more than 200 articles “containing extremist content.”

There are, so far, no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Central Asia.

Four more employees - one a driver - of RFE/RL's Tajik Service have been given six-month accreditations. The press freedom battle goes on.

After fresh trouble in the Batken region, the Kyrgyz and Tajik sides have floated the possibility of a land swap to fix the border. 

The Uzbek and Tajik sides have also moved on to demarcating their border, after extensive delimitation talks.