Uzbek Prime Minister Abdullo Aripov visited Tajikistan on January 10-11 to meet with top Tajik officials in the latest sign of warming ties between the two countries since Shavkat Mirziyoev became Uzbekistan's president in late 2016.
In a remote desert near the border between Kazakhstan and China, a massive dry port has been built to develop overland routes for Chinese exports to markets in Europe, Russia, and Central Asia.
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to visa-free travel between the two Central Asian countries and other border-crossing measures, according to Tajik media.
A bounty is out on a mysterious poet who uses the pen to lash out at fellow villagers and their daily routines.
Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon have discussed bilateral ties between the two Central Asian states at talks in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.
The U.S. State Department has singled out Pakistan, Iran, and three Central Asian countries for policies violating religious freedom.
Officials in Tajikistan say they are investigating the sudden deaths of four residents in the northern city of Khujand following a feast.
For centuries, the majority of Central Asia's people were illiterate. That changed during the 20th century, when written texts were made accessible to the masses. But it also necessitated the development of alphabets and the codification of languages. Regional authors were to play a key role in the process. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Central Asia's great writers continue to play major roles in defining the national characters of the region's peoples. Qishloq Ovozi takes brief look at some of the Central Asian writers and poets whose names are known to the people of Central Asia from childhood, but might not be so well known to those outside the area.
Tajik authorities have attempted to place a homeless mother in an unregistered mosque after she pleaded with authorities to provide her shelter. Local residents, however, are not exactly rolling out the welcome wagon.
The widow of Tajikistan's first elected president, Rahmon Nabiev, has died in a fire at her house in northern Tajikistan.
2017 saw increased targeting of gay communities in former Soviet republics by official crackdowns and homophobic thugs. Horrific tales have emerged from Chechnya, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia -- even leading activists to create a secret “underground railroad” to bring victims to safety in the West.
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