The Times of Central Asia (TCA)
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:00
Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rise of the Islamic State in the Middle East, concerns are growing about a rise in Islamist militant attacks in Central Asia this year.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 06:50
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is considering the use of Kazakhstan’s plants for production of military hardware and equipment previously imported from Ukraine, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported citing CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha.
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 07:36
A more stable and prosperous South and Central Asia is directly in the U.S. interest, Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs in the United States Department of State, said while speaking at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC on January 22.
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 07:32
The presence of Islamic State (IS) fighters has been reported in the Almar district of Afghanistan’s Faryab province along the border with Turkmenistan. Earlier this month it was reported that the national security services of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have taken preventive measures to strengthen their border with Afghanistan amid reports on concentration of fighters on the Afghan side of the border.
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 07:26
With the opening on January 22 of a newly constructed police station in Jalal-Abad in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Interior of the Kyrgyz Republic, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the United States of America marked the results of a two-year project aimed at strengthening cooperation between police and local communities on crime prevention and public safety, the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:22
According to the Defence Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Russia, present circumstances demand that a new defence agreement be finalized between the two countries with the aim of reaching a regional structure to protect Central Asia from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Islamic extremism.
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 07:14
Recent political conflicts in Kyrgyzstan have taken public attention away from events that are likely to change the situation in the entire Central Asian region.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 08:03
Kyrgyzstan has obtained that the roadmap on its accession to the Customs Union include more favorable conditions for the country.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 09:44
The report says that officials in the security services and elsewhere in the government acted with impunity.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 07:30
In a special programme about a group of arrested drug dealers, Uzbek state TV's Ozbekiston channel has criticized neighboring Tajikistan for not doing enough to fight drug trafficking.