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KARACHI, PakistanAfghanistan plans to establish a "large-scale" railway network to establish regional connectivity and increase regional transit and transfers through the country.The ambitious plan, billed as Mazar-e-Sharif-Herat-Kandahar Railway Project, has been approved by the country's Economic Commission, and will be completed with domestic revenue, said a statement from the ...

In neighboring Kazakhstan – another Russian ally in the CSTO and the EAEU – Turkey has plans to invest around $2 billion, mostly in light industry. More recently, however, Kazakhstan has shown signs of distancing itself from Russia as it looks to diversify its foreign policy. To take advantage, ...

Source link www.rferl.org In a deal that was met with little fanfare, Tajikistan last month agreed to carry out regular anti-terrorism drills with Chinese security forces on its territory. After all, Tajik and Chinese personnel have conducted bilateral military exercises in the past, including three since 2015. But the ...

#Pakistan News Recently, Tashkent convened two main international conferences with deep ramifications for South Asia. The first was an international conference where almost 30 nations engaged with the Taliban on Afghanistan, a fragile state still on a razor’s edge. The second meeting in Uzbekistan was a foreign ministers' gathering ...

Shehbaz Sharif’s rise to power in Pakistan puts China in an advantageous position as its western neighbours are all friendly to Beijing. This also means China has a stake in the many problems that emanate from this region, though, and will be forced to take a more active role. ...

For days at a time in early April, people and animals across large swathes of India and Pakistan lay gasping in whatever shade they could find as the temperature exceeded 43 degrees Celsius and a dry wind from the desert seared the plains of Indus and Ganga river basins. ...

washington —  U.S. experts agree on the need for Washington to rethink its strategy for Central Asia in light of its withdrawal from Afghanistan but are divided on what shape that new strategy should take. Until 2001, few Americans knew this remote region. But it played a key role ...

NEW DELHI: The first India-Central Asia summit hosted virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned cross-border terrorism, a term used by India to indict Pakistan, and underlined the significance of transparency, along with respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, in pursuing connectivity initiatives. Regional security with a ...

NEW DELHI —  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted cooperation at a virtual summit with leaders of Central Asian countries Thursday, calling it vital for regional security and prosperity. The first-ever summit of India and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took place amid concerns about radical Islamist groups ...

NEW DELHI — Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Sunday told the foreign ministers of Central Asian countries that their “concerns and objectives” in Afghanistan are “similar”, and flagged “a truly inclusive and representative government, the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking, ensuring unhindered humanitarian assistance and preserving the ...