Tashkent’s transition from a security-oriented approach to a pragmatic, economy-first foreign policy in relation to Kabul is most evident in its engagement in northern Afghanistan.

Uzbekistan borders the under-the-radar thrill-seeker paradise of Kyrgyzstan to the east, Afghanistan to the south, and Kazakhstan to the north. Merchants traversed the Great Silk Road through ...

This is a region packed with lowland fields and green woodland copses, while the glittering white Tien Shan mountains that mark the border between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan dominate the horizon.