German prosecutors last week charged an Afghani man with recruiting for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan — a case that underscores how the Central Asian radical group has become an international jihadist movement with links to the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a vision for a Soviet Union-lite he hopes will become a new Moscow-led global powerhouse. But, his planned Eurasian Union won't be grounded in ideology: This time it's about trade.
A new museum exhibit of ornaments is providing a glimpse of a fading tradition in this Central Asian nation — the celebration of the new year.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a vision for a Soviet Union-lite he hopes will become a new Moscow-led global powerhouse. But, his planned Eurasian Union won't be grounded in ideology: This time it's about trade.
A Soviet-built jet operated by a Kyrgyz air carrier broke its wing, overturned and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in deep fog in southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving 31 people injured, officials said.
The United States is relying increasingly on three transit routes snaking through Central Asia, Russia and the Caucuses to ship nonmilitary supplies and fuel into Afghanistan as the deteriorating relationship between Washington and Pakistan closes off border crossings, according to a Senate report obtained by the Associated Press.
An increase in drug addiction and drug-related crime is taking a toll on Kyrgyzstan, which lies on a major drug-trafficking route between Afghanistan and Europe, local officials say.
In 2010, clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh left dead an estimated 2,000 people, mostly Uzbeks.
Kyrgyzstan's outgoing president said Tuesday a decision on whether to allow a U.S. air base to remain in the country after its lease ends in 2014 depends on developments in nearby Afghanistan.
