India used the air base at Ayni in Tajikistan during a 2001 evacuation operation after the Taliban seized power in ...

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military ...

Satellite images reveal that China is constructing control buildings, munition storage facilities, radar positions, barracks, ...

The closure of Ayni effectively reduces India’s strategic reach in Central Asia, at a time when regional power dynamics are being reshaped by China’s growing influence and Russia’s renewed ...