month, the Uzbek Transport Ministry said Monday. Opening up new shipping routes has become an

TASHKENT( Reuters)-The Uzbek government is maintaining daily contact with the Taliban in

A woman walks to cast her ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Sunday, Oct.... Although Shavkat Mirziyoyev has relaxed many of the policies of his dictatorial predecessor, he has made little effort at political reform.... " The other candidates talk about abstract things like strengthening social security, but they don't provide any details....

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan--Uzbekistan's president, who has relaxed many of the policies of his dictatorial predecessor but has made little effort at political reform, is expected to win a new term by a landslide against weak competition in an election Sunday. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who took office in 2016 upon the death of Islam Karimov, faces four relatively low-visibility candidates who didn't even show up for televised debates, instead sending proxies who failed to engage in substantial discussions..

TASHKENT( Reuters)-Uzbekistan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party plans to nominate President Shavkat Mirziyoyev as its candidate in the Oct.... 24 election, the party said on Saturday. Mirziyoyev, 64, is widely expected to run for a second term, and win, but has so far made no comment on his plans.... He came to power in 2016 following the death of Islam Karimov, the Central Asian nation's former Soviet leader and first president. Since assuming office, Mirziyoyev has launched an ambitious econ

24 helicopters last weekend, including one aircraft that collided with an escorting Uzbek fighter

aircraft took off from Zurich on Monday bound for the Uzbek capital Tashkent to bring back to Europe people

government has denied that senior Afghan figures such as ethnic Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dustum were among

.... removal The State Department declined to comment.... Uzbek officials in Washington declined to

medicines, which were produced by India's Marion Biotech. Among the 21 defendants-who are all Uzbek