Ashraf Ghani and Zalmay Rassoul have emerged as the new frontrunners only days before the Afghan elections takes place on April 5, according to polls released on Monday. They are notably the only ethnically pure Pashtun candidates (other than the half-Tajik, half-Pashtun Dr. Abdullah Abdullah). 42% of Afghanistan is ethnically Pashtun, with other significant groups…

On the heels of another significant investment in Central Asian infrastructure, the World Bank doled out an additional $200m to assist Uzbekistan Railways in the construction of a railway line that will traverse Kamchik pass in eastern Uzbekistan. The Bank is working hand in glove with Uzbek authorities in order to develop better rail infrastructure…