Saida Nazarova

Post-conflict Tajikistan could offer valuable lessons to her war-torn neighbour Afghanistan.
A referendum in June is likely to give the president the right to stay in office for many more years.
Several thousand Afghan refugees have been marooned on the Tajik border for nearly a year
Access to some of the world's cheapest and purest heroin has seen addiction rates soar.
Dushanbe fears downturn in aid after renewed clashes between security forces and criminal groups
Lack of education and employment opportunities consign Tajikistan's youth to the scrap heap
Life in the once prosperous Khatlon province is now an exercise in surviving natural and man-made disasters
<LI><A HREF=" http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200108_65_3_eng.txt"> Towards a Safer Tajikistan?"</A><BR> By Vladimir Davlatov in Dushanbe (RCA No. 65, 17-Aug-01)</LI>
Tajikistan concerned over possible fall-out from US war against Taleban