How border closures, a Taliban directive, and new transit corridors are redrawing Afghanistan's economic map Tariq Saeedi For decades, Pakistan was Afghanistan's principal commercial gateway to the outside world. Geography made the relationship almost unavoidable: Afghanistan is landlocked, and Pakistan offered the shortest overland route to the Arabian Sea and the ports … [Read more...]
Management of border crossing points located along transit corridors in Central Asia discussed at OSCE regional workshop in Turkmenistan
An OSCE-organized regional workshop on the management of border crossing points located along transit corridors in Central Asia, held in a blended format, took place from 4 to 6 March 2025 in Ashgabat. The workshop brought together, online and in-person, officials from the five Central Asian countries’ border security and customs management, migration, law-enforcement, … [Read more...]