The ex-Soviet states of Central Asia are engaged in an increasingly bitter standoff over water resources, adding another element of instability to the volatile region neighbouring Afghanistan.
Regional risks of degradation and destruction of uranium tailing dumps are high and many of the dumps in Kyrgyzstan are located very close to water resources.
Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan political consultations are held in Tashkent on August 13-14. Kazakhstan is represented by deputy Foreign Minister Amangeldy Zhumabayev.
NATO has agreed with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on the use of the territories of the Central Asian countries for withdrawal of vehicles and military armament from Afghanistan.
The Dictator, a new movie starring scandalous Sacha Baron Cohen, known as Borat, has been banned from screens two weeks after its premiere in Kazakhstan.
Americans in Afghanistan do not control the whole situation. They stay at their bases and get attacked even at their bases and even more so outside their bases.
European and Central Asian countries might face overweight problem by 2030 as a consequence of malnutrition or improper diet, according to the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO).