Kyrgyzstan: Life at the Coalface
Amateur coalminers risk life and limb digging out a livelihood.
Amateur coalminers risk life and limb digging out a livelihood.
Kazakstan jeopardises relations with its Central Asian neighbours in an attempt to strengthen ties with Russia
Two of Uzbekistan's most notorious Islamic militants are being tried in absentia.
Kyrgyzstan's voters confound observers, re-electing President Askar Akaev by a larger margin than ever
Speakers at an IWPR conference in Almaty warn that outbreaks of violence across Central Asia could escalate into a regional conflict.
Muslim militancy makes little headway in Bukhara, one of Islam's holiest cities
President of Kazakstan prepares to send armed forces abroad to suppress Islamic fundamentalist insurgency
Human rights campaigners accuse the Uzbek government of falsely jailing
Astana moves closer to establishing ties with the ascendant Taleban movement