Uzbekistan has accepted an Ambassador from Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities, in a rare diplomatic triumph for the internationally isolated regime. The envoy is Abdul Ghafar Bahr, who formerly served as a judicial official in southern Kandahar province and Kabul.
Source: The Hindu
About Uzbekistan:
It is located in Central Asia.
It is one of two doubly landlocked countries in the world i.e. a landlocked country completely surrounded by other landlocked countries.
It is surrounded by five countries:
Kazakhstan to the north
Kyrgyzstan to the northeast
Tajikistan to the southeast
Afghanistan to the south
Turkmenistan to the southwest
It is part of the Turkic world, as well as a member of the Organization of Turkic States.
Uzbek is the official language and spoken by the majority of its inhabitants, while Russian and Tajik are significant minority languages.
Islam is the predominant religion, and most Uzbeks are Sunni Muslims.
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