Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon, who arrived in Tashkent to attend the conference on Afghanistan: Peace Process, Security Cooperation and Regional Connectivity", the ministry said.

By the government’s March 22 decree the buildings and structures of the former pretrial detention facility No. 1 in Tashkent, commonly known as Toshturma (transl. Stone Prison), will be demolished, the Ministry of Justice said in its Telegram channel.

A lot of cash is being invested in resolving the Afghan crisis - billions are contributed as technical assistance, humanitarian assistance, armament and equipment. However, one of the main problems of the Afghan crisis is an abundance of arms and cash, with shortage of diplomacy, the first deputy chairman of the Uzbek Senate Sodiq Safoyev said at a press conference on Saturday.

On 26 March 2018, the President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has accepted the invitation of the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and will pay a working visit to Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon will travel to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 25-27 March 2018.

On March 17, the requirements were approved for equipping pre-schools that passed state registration under the Ministry of Justice with games, toys, furniture, resources and other technical equipment, the Ministry of Preschool Education said.

On 26-27 March, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini will be in Uzbekistan to participate in the Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan: "Peace process, security cooperation and regional connectivity".

Starting from March 22, Uzbekistan Railways has launched Tashkent-Bishkek-Rybachye train service, the company said in a statement.

The Code on Administrative Liability could be supplemented with a Visiting Brothels article criminalizing paying for sex. The draft amendments were published by the Ministry of Justice for public consultation.

The Uzbek Prosecutor General's Office reported that a probe is currently ongoing against the former First Deputy Prosecutor of Tashkent city Miraglam Mirzayev, as well as his wife and son, over allegations of taking bribes on a particularly large scale and committing other offenses.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the people of Uzbekistan on Nawruz holiday, celebrated on March 21.

The civil society activist Gaybullo Jalilov, who was sentenced in 2009 on security related charges and for membership in an unregistered religious organization, and who always maintained his innocence, has been released.

Samarkand province governor Turobjon Juraev commented on the accident in Samarkand's Kattakurgan district, where a Diana Enikeeva, 23, a school teacher, died hit by a truck.

Diana Enekeeva, 23, a female teacher in Samarkand's Kattakurgan district died after she was hit by Kamaz heavy load truck when she was cleaning the Samarkand-Bukhara highway ahead of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's trip to Samarkand, Xabar.uz reported.

On 15-16 March 2018, the European Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan held their 14th Subcommittee meeting on Justice and Home Affairs, Human Rights and related issues in Tashkent.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Samarkand province, the President’s press service said. Having visited the province in April and November 2017, the President set goals aimed at developing the province and construction of social facilities, and as part of the visit, the progress of implementation of these tasks will be analyzed with new tasks set.

A Memorandum on Cooperation (MoC) between the Uzbek Ministry of Defense and the UK Ministry of Defense was signed in Tashkent. On behalf of Uzbekistan the MoC was signed by the Minister of Defense Abdusalom Azizov and on behalf of the UK it was signed by the UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan Christopher Allan.

Today, all the countries of the Central Asia are facing the terrorist threat, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said during the meeting of the Central Asian leaders in Astana.

The Department for Combating Tax, Currency Crimes and Legalization of Criminal Proceeds under the General Prosecutor's Office of Uzbekistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on combating transnational financial crimes with the US Secret Service, theUS Embassy in Tashkent said.

The first consultative meeting of the Central Asian leaders was held in Astana (Kazakhstan) on 15 March, which was attended by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Sooronbai Jeenbekov of the Kyrgyz Republic, President Imomali Rahmon of Tajikistan and Chairman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan Akja Nurberdyeva.