04/23/2016 President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make working visit to China on April 24-27 to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. More than 40 heads of state …
BY KATHY GANNON AND AMIR SHAH ASSOCIATED PRESS 04/20/2019 KABUL, Afghanistan — A first round of Afghan-to-Afghan peace talks that would have seen Taliban and government officials sit together for the first time were postponed indefinitely …
Uzbekistan, South Korea sign agreements for $12 billion AKIPRESS.COM – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and South Korean President Moon Jae-in signed the joint declaration on strategic partnership, the Uzbek president’s press service reports. Following …
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde is expected to visit Uzbekistan in mid-May to discuss with Uzbek authorities prospects of bilateral cooperation, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the central bank. This will be the …
Afghanistan published a lengthy list of delegates who will meet with the Taliban in Doha this week, including government officials, in what could become the highest-level dialogue between the sworn enemies in years, reports confirmed on Tuesday. A massive roster published by …
London — Russia’s Gazprom has agreed to resume imports of gas from Turkmenistan — having suspended purchases in January 2016 — in a sign of improved relations between Moscow and Ashgabat. Russia was a …
Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation to talks this month with U.S. officials and Afghan representatives in Qatar over the future of Afghanistan, the movement’s main spokesman said …
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in a statement said he will not attend the Grand Consultative Jirga on Peace – scheduled for April 29, where almost 2,500 delegates will attend to decide on the future …
Reports indicate that Haspel met with President Ashraf Ghani and NDS Chief Masoom Stanekzai. CIA Director Gina Haspel visited Afghanistan this week to discuss a number of issues including maintaining and possibly expanding the …
The Ongoing Costs of the Afghanistan War BY Kimberly Amadeo March 15, 2019 The Afghanistan War is a military conflict that began in 2001 and has cost $1.07 trillion. The Bush administration launched it in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks by al-Qaida. The United States …