WASHINGTON — It’s approaching six months since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, Kabul, on August 15. And in the months since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, neighboring China has taken a keen interest in the fate of the Central Asian cou…
UNESCO included bakhshi in the list of cultural heritage. Berdimuhamedov ordered to urgently hold concerts and performances dedicated to this event
On January 31, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a working meeting at which it became known that dutar making, performing musical art and the art of bakhshi were included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of H…
Pregnant New Zealand Journalist in Afghanistan Can Go Home
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — A pregnant New Zealand journalist who was stranded in Afghanistan by her home country’s COVID-19 border policy said Tuesday she will return home after her government offered her a pathway back.The government offer amounted to …
List of 25 Turkmen activists in Turkey, whom the Turkish authorities intend to deport to their homeland, has been published
25 Turkmen activists in Turkey face forced return to their homeland. The Turkish authorities view the activities of the activists as a “national security issue,” the Turkmen Helsinki Foundation (THF) reported January 31.Last week, THF received a copy o…