$4.8b plan will help complete 573-km track connecting Peshawar to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif and to Uzbekistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is all set to sign a letter, which is already …
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Withdraw Restrictive Bill; Ensure Right to Organize Kyrgyz authorities have increased scrutiny of trade union leaders, including through criminal investigations, and are unduly interfering in legitimate trade union activities in …
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Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are holding elections on January 10, the results of which will inevitably be unpopular with segments of the two countries’ populations before and after election day. Kazakhstan’s …
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Genuine reform takes place not through quashing free thinkers and critics but in encouraging and even embracing them. On December 10, International Human Rights Day, a group of human rights …
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Uzbek authorities should halt attempts to criminalize sharing allegedly false information and ensure that journalists can operate freely without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On …
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The West needs to do more to stem the tide of illicit cash flowing from Central Asia into their countries. While some of the countries that once formed part of …
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The 2020 donor pledging conference for Afghanistan delivered ominous news to the Kabul government: it will receive 15-20% less aid than was pledged in 2016. After almost 20 years of …
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Four years ago, as hostilities were still taking place in Syria between the regime and various opposition groups, the Astana talks were launched and a broad cease-fire was reached, mainly …
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The Iranian port of Chabahar has the potential to shift some of the regional dynamics in India’s favor. India, Iran, and Uzbekistan have held their first trilateral meeting for possible …
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The year 2020 brought us mostly bad news regarding the state of global democracy, though there were some preliminary signs that things might yet turn around. Over the past decade, …
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