Central Asia

• Central Asia is a region in Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
• It includes the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
• All five nations became independent states after the collapse of the USSR in 1991, post-Cold war.
• It is also colloquially referred to as “the stans” as all the countries have names ending with the Persian suffix “-stan“(meaning “land of”).

Latest News about Central Asia

• PM Modi hosts the first summit between india and CA in a virtual format, outlines 3 goals.

Sources

1. Hindustan Times
2. Wikipedia