Ashgabat

ASHGABAT - Pakistan has joined India, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan in signing the long awaited over 7.6-billion-dollar gas pipeline project to help meet its sharply rising industrial and domestic demands.

ASHGABAT - Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India (TAPI) are set to sign a gas pipeline deal today, but with a planned route that passes through two of the fiercest Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan, the pipeline's security remains a serious concern.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - A prominent golden statue of Turkmenistan's former dictator has been taken down in a move further eroding the personality cult around the late Central Asian leader.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan will take down a tower topped by a golden statue of the Central Asian nation's former dictator - the latest attempt to dismantle the late leader's personality cult.