Central Asia

Rotating Kyrgyz Heads

Osh leaders change so frequently that residents barely get a chance to find out who they are

22 Feb 05

The spectre of the IMU has returned to haunt the Tajik government

22 Feb 05

Washington and Tehran vie over distribution of Kazakstan's vast energy reserves

22 Feb 05

Some members of the Shanghai Forum are cautious over Islamabad's attempts to establish closer links

22 Feb 05

Unemployment and rising poverty have driven thousands of Kyrgyz women into the clutches of the petrol cartels

22 Feb 05

Uzbek villagers face a bleak future after being driven from their homes by an army offensive against Islamic militants.

22 Feb 05

Astana foreign ministry protests after Uzbek border guards open fire on a Kazak family

22 Feb 05

Felix Kulov's lawyers are set to appeal against his conviction whilst supporters threaten to stage fresh protest meetings in Bishkek

22 Feb 05

There are fears that border guard harassment of travellers and traders crossing the Kyrgyz-Uzbek frontier could provoke inter-ethnic violence.

22 Feb 05

The Tashkent authorities have reverted to an old soviet ploy to increase circulation of dull state newspapers.

22 Feb 05

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