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…

Kazakhstan moves to restrict foreign social media usage

NUR-SULTAN (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's parliament approved a bill on Wednesday requiring owners of foreign social media and messaging apps to set up offices in the country or risk being blocked…

Explosion in Kazakhstan’s south results from fire at Military unit’s warehouse: Ministry

Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan] August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The explosion in Kazakhstan's southern city of Taraz resulted from a fire at a warehouse of a military unit, the Kazakh Defence Ministry said on…

Jaishankar meets Kazakh counterpart, discusses CICA, COVID cooperation, SCO, Afghanistan

Tashkent [Uzbekistan] July 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Kazakh counterpart Mukhtar Tileuberdi and discussed Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA),…

US in talks with 3 Central Asian states to provide refuge to 50,000 at-risk Afghans

Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): Amid US troops withdrawal, thousands of Afghan translators and interpreters face threats from the Taliban as they assisted American troops for two decades during its…