Central Asia

Kyrgyz Anger Over Business Scandals

Bishkek politicians fume over officials' collusion with dodgy Turkish businessmen

22 Feb 05

Many Tajiks fear a moratorium on capital punishment could lead to an escalation in crime

22 Feb 05

Women are starting to believe in their patronising media image

22 Feb 05

President Rakhmonov sees the presence of a Russian division in Dushanbe as an insurance policy against any future coups d'etat

22 Feb 05

Tashkent's attempts to pressure Bishkek into making territorial concessions appears to have failed

22 Feb 05

The Khizb-ut-Takhrir group is gaining sympathy among many southern Kyrgyz tired of poverty and leery of the new US military presence.

22 Feb 05

The US has said it won't contribute to the Afghan peacekeeping force, but it is stepping up military deployment elsewhere in the region.

22 Feb 05

Human rights activists criticise Uzbekistan's latest referendum on constitutional reform

22 Feb 05

The killing of a teenage Uzbek boy has heightened tensions along the border with Uzbekistan.

22 Feb 05

America admits it hasn't managed to defeat Uzbek Islamists based in Afghanistan.

22 Feb 05

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