Pleas of guilty and partly guilty entered by four accused. Fifteen alleged accomplices will also be tried in mainly closed-door hearing.
Matters could get worse. Tajikistan has advised it plans to reduce power exports to Afghanistan this winter.
Iran will open new railway routes to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, as well as Afghanistan and Turkey.
Proposed corridor linking Azerbaijan’s main territory with its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenia could slash transit times from Asia to Europe along the Middle Corridor but faces fierce opposition from Yerevan.
Suspect in custody allegedly radicalised at Islamic school in Turkey. Development is disturbing for authorities.