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Afghan Peace Talks Offer
Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud says he is ready to talk peace with the Taleban
21 Feb 05
Tajikistan: Marooned Refugees Repatriated
Dushanbe relieved as Afghan refugees holed up on the Tajik border start returning home.
21 Feb 05
US Brings about Thaw in Tajik-Uzbek Relations
A common interest in promulgating the war on terrorism has brought two previously hostile neighbours together, if only for the time being.
21 Feb 05
Tajiks Nervous About Chinese Ties
The growing friendship between China and Tajikistan provokes unease in some quarters of this tiny Central Asian republic.
21 Feb 05
Northern Alliance Seeks Tajik Backing
Tajik and Uzbek officials in the interim administration in Afghanistan appear to be looking to Dushanbe to bolster their position.
21 Feb 05
Tajik Opposition Threat
The Tajik army's demobilisation of thousands of opposition supporters is threatening to provide a welter of new recruits for illegal armed groups.
21 Feb 05
Violence Plagues Kofarnikhon
Four years after the end of the Tajik civil war, Kofarnikhon is still blighted by gun battles
21 Feb 05
Tajik Crackdown on Rebels
Government forces have lost patience with criminal gangs operating near the capital Dushanbe
21 Feb 05
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