The Afghan intelligence service reported that Asadbek Madiyarov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, carried out the suicide attack in the bank building in Kandahar. He arrived in Pakistan's Baluchistan province two months before the terrorist attack, where he trained at one of the main ISIS-Khorasan training camps.
15-year-old Kyrgyz Islam Khalilov, who saved more than 100 lives in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, was awarded the highest award of Russian Muslims. He was also given a t-shirt with the name of the Spartak Moscow team and a season ticket for all home matches. Musician Morgenshtern sent 1 million rubles to the boy.
Kazakhstan expressed its readiness to supply halal and organic agricultural products to the Qatari market. It was also announced that large and strategically important investment projects worth 17.6 billion dollars will be implemented between the two countries.
What is solidarity? What is the level of unity in today's Uzbek people? Isn't it bad that the nation is divided into groups, factions, "cults" and currents? What is required for the nation to achieve the unity it wants? Get answers to these questions in the article of Azon Global analyst Mohammad Dawood Asadullah.
According to the UN classification, Turkey has entered the category of countries with an "elderly" population. By the end of 2023, more than 10 percent of the country's population will be 65 and older. This indicator is expected to reach 22.6% by 2060.
The Kazakh military began to install combat modules and carry out missions as part of the UN peacekeeping forces in the Golan Heights.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Ankara intends to eliminate the threat of terrorism and ensure complete security on the border with Iraq by the summer, as well as to complete the ongoing operations in Syria.
Amnesty International has published a report on the demographic situation in the peninsula on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Russia's occupation of Crimea. According to the organization, Russian authorities have tried to destroy Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar identity over the past decade through numerous restrictions in areas such as education, religion, the media and the judiciary.
Kazakhstan and Turkey reached an agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of security in the Caspian Sea. This cooperation envisages, among other things, the creation of a "professional emergency rescue service" capable of quick action in the event of oil spills, shipwrecks and fires, as well as the provision of modern technologies necessary for various operations at sea and on land.
Khalaj, one of the oldest Turkic languages in Iran, is on the verge of extinction due to the dwindling number of its speakers. Therefore, the Khalaj language was included in the list of intangible national heritage of Iran. According to information, today about 19 thousand people speak this language.