A delegation of the political office of the Taliban movement in Doha led by its leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai paid a working visit to Uzbekistan from August 7-10, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on August 17-18, Xalq So’zi newspaper reported. "The will undoubtedly become a landmark event in the history of Uzbek-Tajik ties and will showcase a new quality of the bilateral agenda," the report said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree Thursday to introduce mandatory chess classes in 150 schools as a test.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Uzbek Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education today signed a grant agreement for 262 million Japanese yen (US$ 2.3 million).

Elbek Shukurov has been appointed Tashkent city deputy mayor in charge of youth policy, social development and spiritual-enlightenment activities, replacing Shukhrat Bakiyev, who had served in this position since 2017, the mayor’s office said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree appointing Shukhrat Sodiqov, the former chief of the National Project Management Agency (NPMA), as the new Minister for IT Development to replace Azim Ahmedkhadzhayev, the ministry said.

Cargo convoy today crossed the Uzbek-Tajik border carrying manpower, materials and special equipment intended for construction of a medical complex in Tajikistan. The project has been entrusted to the Uzbekneftegaz, the company said.

Customs officers at the Uzbekistan airports will get new uniforms, the Customs Committee told The Tashkent Times. Now the military ranks will be placed on the breastplate metal plates, with shoulder straps to be removed.

The deputy chief of the Tourism development Committee U. Qosimhodjaev met with the owner of the South Korean Triple Crown Group Chong Kyong-sik, the committee said.

The Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan signed the Military Cooperation Plan for 2018 Tuesday, the Uzbek Defense Ministry said.

On 8 August 2018, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Uzbekistan facilitated a meeting of the Local Education Group (LEG), convened by the Ministry of Public Education, Chair of LEG. The LEG consists of the various Ministries of Education and other allied Ministries, as well as International Development Partners’ Group.

Saidakbarhon Akbarov, 23, has been appointed as acting vice-chairman of the Tourism Development Committee, the committee said.

The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture today launched a demonstration apple orchard at the Ministry’s Agroinnovation Center. The U.S. Charge d’Affairs ad interim in Uzbekistan Lesslie Viguerie joined Uzbek Ministry of Agriculture Head of Investments and Monitoring Department Abdumalik Namazov at the Launch Ceremony.

Ravshan Gulyamov left the post of chairman of the Committee for assistance to privatized enterprises and competition development, the committee said.

Urgench airport, closed since 16 July for technical reasons, will re-open on August 8, Uzbekistan Airways said in a statement.

40 strong Uzbekistan delegation including heads of ministries and departments, the Committee for Investments, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and officials of 6 provincial governor’s offices in charge of investments and innovations will be visiting New Delhi form August 6 to 8.

Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are set to sign an agreement on partnership against external aggressions during the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's visit to Tashkent scheduled for August 17-18, Asia Plus reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today hosted the visiting Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, the presidential press service said in a statement.

The chief of the Main Office of Patrol-Guard Service and Public Safety Protection under the Ministry of Internal Affairs , Lieutenant-Colonel Dilshod Akramov was found dead on August 4 at approximately 9:10 am with signs of violent death in his office at Taras Shevchenko street in Tashkent, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. Dilshod Akramov headed this department since July.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today met with the visiting Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.