The fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were held in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat from September 17 to 27, 2017. Ashgabat were named hosts of the Games in Kuwait in December 2010.

After landing in Ashgabat, where 40 Turkmen citizens disembarked ... mainly headed to Turkey or Russia on guest or tourist visas, have been denied departure, a source at the airport was reported ...