This week we take a look at a number of stories including the continuing fallout from Afghanistan, the upcoming Uzbek elections, the Rubezh exercises, missing pilots and the US's Central Asia COVID policy.   We also sit down with Luca Anceschi (professor of Eurasian studies at the University of Glasgow) to do a full analysis on the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence from the USSR. Hosted by Michael Hilliard and Alimana Zhanmukanova. For more info please visit www.oxussociety.org