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News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

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RECAP: Most Asia-Pacific equity markets rose on Friday to their highest level since mid-February, taking cues from an overnight Wall Street rally as bets firmed that the US Federal Reserve would not raise interest rates next week.

Story by Sher Khashimov for The Beet. Edited by Eilish Hart.

Latest news on Storm Shadow, an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile, a weapon delivered by the UK to Ukraine

In recent weeks, Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) has been active in northern Afghanistan, which has prompted the Taliban to conduct a series of counter-terrorism operations against ISKP hideouts (Asia Plus, April 6). The location of these operations, the fact that Tajik and Uzbek foreign fighters were reportedly killed in the Taliban raids, and ISKP’s ramping up of its …