Guards clash again on Kyrgyz-Tajik border, ceasefire falters

BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards exchanged fire on Thursday amid a standoff over a blocked road, in the latest clash between the former Soviet neighbours following a similar…

U.S. welcomes completion of Russian-led mission in Kazakhstan -State Dept

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday welcomed Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's announcement that Russian-led forces had completed their mission in the country following serious unrest. Tokayev said…

Prime Minister Modi virtually participates in 21st Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Prime Minister participated virtually in the 21st Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and through video-message in the Joint SCO-CSTO Outreach Session…

Russia’s Central Asian allies say won’t host Afghan refugees

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Members of a Russia-led security bloc that includes some countries adjacent or close to Afghanistan have no plans to host Afghan refugees amid the political and security…

CSTO chief denies plans of member states to deploy military in Afghanistan

Minsk [Belarus], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Stanislav Zas said on Sunday that the fears of the CSTO member states deploying their troops in Afghanistan were…