On the eastern side of Central Asia is the autonomous region of Xinjiang. Some people will also include Afghanistan as part of Central Asia. Very often, this area is also referred to as Inner Asia.

Home to some 50 million people and vast natural resources, Central Asia occupies a strategically important neighborhood: China lies to the East, Russia to the North, and Afghanistan to the South. The ...

In recent conversations with a VOA reporter traveling across Tashkent, Ferghana, Bukhara, Samarkand and Surkhandarya, most Uzbeks expressed enthusiasm about U.S. President Donald Trump's return to the ...

We also heard Dastan Kasmamytov, a gay activist from Kyrgyzstan, talk about his campaign to increase the visibility of queer people in Central Asia by raising a rainbow flag on the world’s ...

The UNHCR Representation to Central Asia is based in Almaty, managing UNHCR activities across the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the ...

The World Bank Group recently marked the 20th anniversary of its engagement in Central Asia. Over this period, the Bank has supported the efforts of the countries to improve the living standards of ...

The Europe and Central Asia region experiences a variety of natural hazards ... floods and earthquakes in the last three decades alone – causing a total of 50,000 fatalities, affecting nearly 25 ...

By Bruce Pannier When the Taliban took control of most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the governments of the Central Asian ...

In 2024, Central Asia enjoyed economic growth and avoided conflicts despite the ongoing war in nearby Ukraine. The year was characterised by frequent meetings of the five presidents in the ...