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
KABUL (TCA) — Afghan government officials are set to meet with a Taliban delegation in the coming days to discuss an initial release of militant prisoners, Afghanistan's National Security Council says ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Kazakhstan’s Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov on March 25 discussed how ADB can support Kazakhstan in its fig ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The government of Kazakhstan has suspended the export of socially significant food products since March 22 to guarantee the domestic supply, Kazakh Minister of Trade and Integration ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — In commemoration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, March 24, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) emphasized the shared gains with the Government of Uzbekistan achieved ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani says a cut in aid from the United States will not affect "key" areas of daily life in the war-torn country even as it battles to stem the coronavirus o ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan is declaring a state of emergency in the capital, Bishkek, and several other cities and regions in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
TASHKENT (TCA) — By initially opting for observer status rather than pursuing full Eurasian Economic Union membership, Uzbekistan is showing its sensitivity to concerns expressed by its Western partne ... Read More
TASHKENT, NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Uzbekistan closed its borders on March 23 and announced it will effectively lock down its capital, Tashkent, from March 24 to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Central ... Read More
