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Despair Drives Women to Drugs Trade
Central Asian drugs-traffickers are offering Kyrgyz women lucrative employment and an escape from grinding poverty
22 Feb 05
Islamic Defeat in Tajikistan
The Islamic opposition fails to become a credible political force after disastrous election results
22 Feb 05
Golden Valley Darkens
Islamic fundamentalists are exploiting economic hardship in the once prosperous Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan.
22 Feb 05
Tajikistan's Plutonium Scare
Police foil an attempt to smuggle weapons-grade nuclear material for sale in Afghanistan or Pakistan.
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyz Prisons in Dire State
By Sultan Jumagulov in Bishkek and Leila Saralaeva in Stepnoe (RCA No. 274, 30-Mar-04)
22 Feb 05
Tajik Women Turn to Crime
Their lives shattered by civil war, more and more women in Tajikistan
21 Feb 05
Tashkent Accused of Soviet-style Repression
The Uzbek authorities have fallen back on Soviet methods of silencing opponents
21 Feb 05
Violent Crime Plagues Kabul Suburbs
Although the centre of Kabul now enjoys relative security, bands of armed robbers continue to plague surrounding suburbs.
21 Feb 05
Black Market in Fuel Damages Kyrgyz Economy
A burgeoning trade in petrol smuggling is costing the Kyrgyz government millions of dollars in lost taxes.
21 Feb 05
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