NUR-SULTAN, BISHKEK, TASHKENT (TCA) — Kazakhstan has officially registered its second coronavirus-related death after a 50-year-old man died while in hospital, RFE/RL reported.
TASHKENT (TCA) — China on March 30 donated protective medical supplies to Uzbekistan to help fight the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The medical supplies include surgical gloves, infrared thermome ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — The trial of former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev and 13 co-defendants over deadly clashes with security forces last year at Atambayev's compound in a Bishkek suburb has been pos ... Read More
TASHKENT, BISHKEK (TCA) — Uzbekistan has suspended operations of all airports in Central Asia’s most-populous nation of 32 million in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, RFE/RL r ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — In Afghanistan, Taliban militants have killed 28 members of the Afghan security forces, police officials and authorities said on March 30, as the government postponed a release of Taliba ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have launched joint production of new car models in the city of Kostanay in northern Kazakhstan, primeminister.kz reported.
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — As Kazakhstan fights the spread of coronavirus infection, the government has suspended work of enterprises and organizations in the capital, Nur-Sultan, and the country’s largest ci ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — The Afghan government has slammed the Taliban after the militant group rejected Kabul's negotiating team for upcoming intra-Afghan peace talks aimed at ending the nearly 19-year war, RFE ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Central Asia was the scene of intense geopolitical struggle and the Great Game between the British and Russian Empires, an ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — The government of Afghanistan is moving to lock down the country’s capital, Kabul, a city with an estimated population of six million, due to the coronavirus outbreak in Afghanistan. The ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan say they have detained 25 people during a police operation connected to February's deadly ethnic clashes in the country’s southern region of Zhambyl, RFE/R ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — On March 27, the Government of Switzerland equipped mobile units of the Family Center of Medicine of Chui Region (northern Kyrgyzstan) and Regional Family Center of Medicine of Pervoma ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — The coronavirus outbreak has had a tremendous impact on the economies of all countries, including Kyrgyzstan. Businesses are suffering, companies are going bankrupt, and business activ ... Read More
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — In Central Asian countries, there is an ongoing regional project of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on integrated na ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s economic growth cannot withstand the US $-1 billion aid cut by the US and the financial pressures originating from the spread of coronavirus, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews re ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — As Kazakhstan reported its first death from the coronavirus on March 26, the government has strengthened the quarantine regime in the capital, Nur-Sultan, and Almaty.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on March 26 approved a US $-120.9 million disbursement to Kyrgyzstan to help meet the urgent balance of payment needs stemm ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The National Security Committee of Kazakhstan says it has arrested a man suspected of plotting a terrorist act in Nur-Sultan, the capital of the Central Asian nation, RFE/RL reporte ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A new China-Europe sea-rail freight train route was launched in Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, on March 25, Xinhua news agency reported with reference to ... Read More
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Food prices have reached record highs in the Turkmen capital in recent days as the government has restricted entry into Ashgabat amid apparent government efforts to prevent the spread ... Read More
