News Briefing Central Asia

New Blood Needed for Turkmen Economic Progress

Turkmen Police Held for Drug Trafficking

Electronic Payments Encourage Uzbek Black Market

Uzbeks Tight-Lipped on Kyrgyz Border Closure

Tashkent may try to extract concessions from Kyrgyzstan before allowing trade to resume.

Andijan Violence Casts Long Shadow in Uzbekistan

Turkmen Farmers Struggle With Polluted Land

Uzbeks, Tajiks Argue Over Rail Blockage

Unlikely E-Government Plan for Closed-off Turkmenistan

Turkmen Leaders Unlikely to Heed EBRD's Reform Call

Uzbeks Consult Kremlin on Kyrgyzstan