Blinken to travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India next week

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and India next week, the State Department announced Thursday.

Terrorists In Afghanistan Redeploy To Border With Tajikistan - Tajik Interior Minister

Terrorist groups from the east and south of Afghanistan have been re-deploying to the north of the country, closer to the border with Tajikistan, Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda said on Wednesday.

Taliban invited to Moscow for talks over future of Afghanistan in wake of American troop withdrawal, top Russian diplomat confirms — RT

 

Russia has invited representatives of the Taliban to meet in Moscow as part of efforts to open diplomatic channels with Afghanistan’s de facto new government, President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for the country has confirmed.

Afghan military jet shot down by Uzbek air defences | Al Jazeera

An Afghan military jet was shot down by Uzbek air defence forces and crashed after crossing the border into Uzbekistan, the Uzbek defence ministry says.

EgyptAir Flight Makes Emergency Landing

An EgyptAir passenger plane headed to Beijing made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan Wednesday morning.

ISIL child training camp discovered in Istanbul (Report)

A total of 24 of around 50 suspects of Tajik and Uzbek origin, who were detained for having links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Istanbul on Oct. 18, have been revealed to be children being trained in basement apartments in Istanbul’s Pendik and Başakşehir districts, daily Vatan has reported.