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World Nomad Games Draw 4,000 Competitors to Lake Issyk-Kul

Organisers say growing Western participation could help nomadic sports gain wider international recognition.

Taliban Mayor of Faizabad Killed in Vehicle Bombing in Badakhshan

Shohin Airlines Buys Four Airbus A320neo-Family Jets

Former MMA Fighter Medet Zheenaliev Drowns While Rescuing Teens in Kyrgyzstan

Afghan Toll Rises to 61 as Winter Storms Sweep Region

Damage to Baikonur’s Sole Soyuz/Progress Pad in MS-28 Liftoff Puts ISS Logistics at Risk

Survey Recasts Kazakhstan’s 3,500-Year-Old Semiyarka as a 346-Acre Planned Settlement

UNODC: Afghanistan’s Opium Crop Down 20% in 2025 as Trade Shifts to Synthetics

Medieval Artifacts, Including 13th-Century Sandal, Found in Bearded Vulture Nests in Spain

Study Finds Pamir-Karakoram Glacier Resilience Likely Ending

Kyrgyzstan Ends Rescue of Stranded Climber After Thermal Survey Shows No Signs of Life

Afghanistan Bus Crash Near Kabul Kills at Least 26, Injures 14

Uzbekistan Cave Reveals 9,200-Year-Old Wild Barley Harvesting

Nio Sets 2025–26 Entries Into Singapore, Uzbekistan and Costa Rica, With First Right‑Hand‑Drive Firefly in 2026

Darvaza Gas Crater Flames Fade as Methane Capture Accelerates