In our weekly briefing: The Taliban visit Ashgabat, the dauphin is received by Uzbekistan’s president, and authorities tighten control after unrest in neighboring Kazakhstan.
Turkmenistan continues to face challenges, but there is little chance that the solutions will become any less hapless in 2022 under Berdymukhamedov’s tutelage.
Uzbekistan has been discussed as the most likely contender to accept some sort of U.S. military presence, even as Tashkent consistently denies the possibility.