Tashkent intends to connect Central and South Asia
Central and South Asian countries are not linked by reliable transport routes, which hinders the realisation of their potential for economic cooperation
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Afghan women pick up arms against Taliban
Afghan news agencies have reported that the women picked up the guns to stave off "the dark era of Taliban".
Turkey could play pivotal role in bringing peace to Afghanistan: Experts
Experts from Pakistan, Turkey and Afghanistan say Ankara enjoys position of respect among Afghans
Saudis agree oil deal with Pakistan to counter Iran influence
Riyadh bids to ‘clear the air’ with Islamabad and build a front against regional rival Tehran
Pakistan refuses to allow U.S. military to use its bases
Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirmed that his country refused to give any military base to the U.S. for monitoring Afghanistan after foreign forces’ withdrawal from Kabul, local media said on Tuesday. …
Pakistan Stream gas pipeline to be built before 2026
Completion of the Pakistan Stream gas pipeline construction is expected in 2025 in case of stable financing of the project, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. …
Pakistan-Uzbekistan transit trade marks historic launch
Project for Pakistan and Uzbekistan transit trade and export goods to Pakistan through the territory of Afghanistan launched on Tuesday in Islamabad, Associatd Press of Pakistan reports. According to the Press Release from Ministry of …
First-ever Shipment From Pakistan Under TIR Reaches Tashkent
Adviser to Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood on Monday informed that first-ever shipment from Pakistan under Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) reached Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 48 hours from Torkham, Pakistan, …
USA honors Turkish diplomats killed by Armenian terrorists
The exhibition dedicated to killed Turkish diplomats attracted widespread attention
US yet another victim of the “graveyard of empires”: what next for Afghanistan after US military withdrawal
Russia, China, Iran, India, and, most of all, Pakistan have interests at stake as the U.S. aims to withdraw from Afghanistan. It was the 20th century British philosopher Bertrand Russell who described the nature of war as one that determines …
Pakistan has always unswervingly supported Azerbaijan’s just cause
The great victory of Azerbaijan in the 44-day Patriotic War did not only create a new reality in the region but also ushered in a novel phase of the Azerbaijani relations with partner countries and international organizations. Overall, this …
Has the US just handed over Afghanistan to the Taliban?
President Joe Biden has announced the unconditional withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan by September 11. DW analyzes implications for the war-torn country's future.
Pakistan awaits Russian gas and military equipment
Russia reaffirmed Wednesday it will enhance security cooperation with Pakistan by strengthening the South Asian nation's "potential" to fight terrorism, which is to include supplying Islamabad with the "relevant military" hardware, Voice of America writes
Pakistan's president tests positive for COVID-19
Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi has tested positive for COVID-19, he said on Twitter on Monday, after receiving his first dose of a vaccine. "Had (first) dose of vaccine, but antibodies start developing after (second) dose …
Uzbekistan invites neighbors to Gwadar Port
It sees Pakistan's port as gateway for seaborne cotton exports
Pakistan bans TikTok
TikTok was banned in Pakistan, according to local media reports, in another blow to the viral video app’s ambitions in south Asia after it was shut down in India last summer. The Peshawar High Court ordered a ban on TikTok over …
The winners and losers from surging oil prices
Oil has climbed 75 per cent since the start of November as major economies vaccinate their populations and reopen after the pandemic shut down factories and grounded planes
Shehryar Khan Afridi: Khojaly and Kashmir genocides show how the world has failed to protect people
Speakers at Pakistan seminar slam international community for silence on killing of innocents in Karabakh, Kashmir
Uzbekistan prioritizes Pakistani over Iranian ports
Accessing seaports at lower costs and shorter distances is a decades-old issues Tashkent is trying to solve, Pakistani ports might be the answer. According to the Diplomat, Tashkent has been working on creating shorter and cheaper transportation corridors to access seaports since the country’s independence. On February 2, the first trilateral talks were held among officials from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The territory of Afghanistan, itself a landlocked country, has always been a critical country for Tashkent in negotiating access to ports of a littoral country
Iran and Turkey: new transit era
Roughly 1 million tons of cargo are to be transported via railroad between Turkey and Iran this year, Turkish authorities said on Tuesday, Financial Tribune writes. Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Ministry said in a statement that a recent memorandum of understanding signed in a gathering of railroad representatives in Turkey's capital Ankara on Jan. 12-13 would open a new era for the transit railroad, Anadolu Agency reported
