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This brief bulletin examines recent events in South and Central Asia as well as related guidance for the private sector.

An unusually large outbreak of violence along the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan prompted international concerns that the clashes, which typically flare up between local civilians and die down quickly, would es...

The Taliban are rapidly capturing territory across Afghanistan and have taken key transportation and supply routes along the borders with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Pakistan. This OSAC report describ...

A violent dispute between civilians over water rights on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan escalated into a brief military conflict on April 28-29, the largest in scale and lethality in the past decade. This report...

COVID-19 has presented unique challenges to the private sector since cases were first identified this year. Countries in the region have confronted issues phasing in and out of restrictive lockdowns, resolving medical su...

Central Asia is one of the most earthquake-prone regions of the world. Parts of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well nearly all of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are located at the intersection of the Indian and...

On July 29, two U.S. cyclists were among those killed in a deliberate attack in Danghara District, approximately 40 miles southeast of Dushanbe. A vehicle rammed into a group of seven, foreign cyclists, after which the v...

Last year, Tajikistan’s special police commander defected to ISIL. Following this incident, many thought terrorism would become a major concern in the Central Asian country, especially considering its position in a rathe...

In the early morning hours of September 4, gunmen reportedly attacked a police post in Vahdat and a special police detachment in an armored vehicle near the airport in Dushanbe. The next day, there were reports of a shoo...

Tajikistan recently entered the international spotlight after Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, a commander who led the Central Asian nation’s special police known as OMON, defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (...

On January 11, a clash between Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards in a disputed area along the border left security forces wounded on both sides. Following the incident, Kyrgyzstan closed its border with Tajikistan and recal...