Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 40 and 50 million.

In a recent example, our visibility into resets and timeouts helped corroborate reports of large-scale blocking and traffic tampering by Russia.

Japan's Mitsubishi has begun construction on a large urea plant in Turkmenistan, estimated to cost over $1.3 billion, a source in the Turkmen chemical industry told Reuters on Monday.

ASTANA – Christopher Duggan, Ambassador of Canada to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, describes the relationship with


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 Despite being the smallest country in Central Asia by population, Turkmenistan possesses one of the region’s highest GDPs per capita due to its vast natural gas reserves. 
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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, early Monday. At least 5 dead, m...

For the five Central Asian republics - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - China has in recent years emerged not only as a dominant trading partner, but increasingly as the only partner nearby that can actually deliver.