IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Mormons are only the latest foreign missionaries with plans for Kyrgyzstan - to the dismay of
Countries neighbouring Afghanistan refuse to participate directly in US-led military strike against the Kabul regime.
Western relief workers may struggle to assist civilians uprooted by fighting in Afghanistan.
The US bombing campaign in Afghanistan faces unprecedented obstacles.
Courts in Uzbekistan charge Islamists with links to Bin Laden
Human rights campaigners accuse the Uzbek government of falsely jailing
Turkmen army food rations are so poor that some young conscripts are literally starving to death.
A human rights activist gives a glimpse of the darker side of life inside Uzbekistan.
Tashkent government failing to deliver on pledge to help amnestied prisoners.
The authorities say children slave away in cotton fields for the good of the country.