Connectivity with Central Asian countries remains India’s key priority and that security and prosperity is a common goal for the region. India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval said.
Shahbaz Sharif in a meeting with the president of the Economic Cooperation Organization, welcomed the prospect of the ECO’s extension to the landlocked Central Asian nations.
Chairman of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, in a meeting with Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, discussed the threats posed to the Central Asia after ISIL's transfer from Syria to Afghanistan.
Practical work on land acquisition for Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline will begin next week, Afghan officials said Monday.
In 2018, Afghanistan exported total goods worth $740 million to its South Asian neighbour India, with which it does not share a common boundary and has India's traditional arch-rival Pakistan in between. For Afghanistan last year, India was the largest foreign export destination.
Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry says the head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar has expressed interest in cooperating with Tashkent in order to push Afghanistan's peace process forward.
A five-day regional course, Introduction to Improvised Explosive Devices (I-IED), organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in the framework of the Integrated Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Programme concluded on 30 November 2018 in Dushanbe.