Why would Tajikistan invite China to build a paramilitary facility while asking India to wrap up a base it had been operating ...

India used the air base at Ayni in Tajikistan during a 2001 evacuation operation after the Taliban seized power in ...

India pulled out its personnel and military equipment from a strategic air base in Tajikistan in 2022. This came after a ...

The move, which reportedly began in 2022, came to light last month and has raised questions about India’s long-term regional influence and security posture.

India has ceased operations at its only overseas airbase, Ayni in Tajikistan, impacting New Delhi's strategic positioning ...

I’m just back from Central Asia where I spent a fortnight travelling through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

By 2022, India had pulled out its personnel and equipment from the base. The facility had housed Indian Air Force helicopters ...

If India had still been operating from Ayni during operations like Sindhu, it could have leveraged the base for greater ...

US President Donald Trump to meet leaders from five central asian countries in Washington for 10th meeting of C5+1.

The talks are taking place amid intensifying competition for Central Asia’s vast mineral resources. Read more at straitstimes ...

President Donald Trump has hosted leaders from five Central Asian countries at the White House. Thursday's meeting focused on ...

On the eve of the 12th China-Central Asia Cooperation Forum, Tajikistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Dilrabo Mansouri visited the ...