The Director-General of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (DG ISI) Lt Gen Faiz Hameed on Saturday hosted a meeting of regional intelligence chiefs on Afghanistan as the situation in the country rapidly evolves after a takeover by the Taliban nearly a month back.

The USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced plans to visit Uzbekistan, she announced in her remarks at the ceremony dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Uzbekistan's independence in Washington on September 9.

The Ministry of Health reported of a daily 687 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of September 9, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 163,108 (+597)," the report said.

The Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Helga Schmid will visit Uzbekistan in November to attend the conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the joint implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia, the press service of the Senate said.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the newly appointed Ambassador of Latvia, Reinis Trokša, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

From September 11, Uzbekistan Airways will increase number of regular Tashkent to Bishkek flights up to three times a week, the company said on Thursday.

The UN Deputy Secretary General, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Wali will visit Uzbekistan in November. An agreement on this was reached in Vienna during her talks with the Chairperson of the Senate of Uzbekistan, Tanzila Narbaeva, the Senate reported.

On September 9, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on expanding support for gifted youth studying and researching at Uzbek universities.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov attended the ministerial online meeting on Afghanistan on September 8, the Foreign Ministry said.

More than 1.2 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and more than 600 thousand doses of AstraZeneca will be delivered to Uzbekistan in the coming days, the Ministry of Health said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered a message to the Liberal Democratic Party's (UzLiDeP) congress today. Highlights:

At today’s X Congress of the Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP), Shavkat Mirziyoyev, underscoring the reforms over the five years of his presidency, unveiled his election program entitled the "Strategy for the New Uzbekistan".

The Taliban movement appreciated Uzbekistan's readiness to establish cooperation with the new government in Kabul. Earlier it was reported that Uzbekistan welcomed the creation of an interim government in Afghanistan.

On September 8, Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, the presidential press service said.

Qatar Airways has received permit to operate regular Uzbekistan flights, the Civil Aviation Agency said in a statement on Monday.

The number of fully vaccinated people against coronavirus in Uzbekistan surpassed 2.5 million, the Ministry of Health said. This is at 11.87% of the total number of people over 18 to be vaccinated - 21.45 million people.

The forced imposition of own religious views on others is prohibited in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement on Tuesday.

Uzbekistan welcomes the creation of an interim government in Afghanistan, stated the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yusup Kabuljanov in a statement.

The Ministry of Energy announced the launch of call for bids for the construction of three PV plants with a total capacity of 500 MW in three provinces of the country. The project is being implemented with the support of the International Finance Corporation (IFC, part of the World Bank).

The pressures on water resources in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan is critical. In particular, Uzbekistan uses 169% of its water reserves, and Turkmenistan - 144%. This was reported by experts from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO.