Afghanistan

Turkmenistan: Niazov Ponders War Options

Turkmen president would prefer to play a neutal, peacemaking role in the Afghan crisis

21 Feb 05

Southern Uzbekistan is on full military alert, as the country's armed forces prepare for war in Afghanistan

21 Feb 05

The US is undecided whether to throw its weight behind the potentially fractious Northern Alliance.

21 Feb 05

Will the Taleban regime be able to mount effective resistance to American-led attacks?

21 Feb 05

Western relief workers may struggle to assist civilians uprooted by fighting in Afghanistan.

21 Feb 05

Courts in Uzbekistan charge Islamists with links to Bin Laden

21 Feb 05

The arrival of US personnel in southern Uzbekistan has turned the lives of local people and Uzbek servicemen upside down.

21 Feb 05

Western media have been overwhelmed by speculation about what is really happening in Afghanistan because hard facts are few and far between.

21 Feb 05

Uzbekistan may now be linked to the world's most powerful nation, but its defences remain fragile.

21 Feb 05

Uzbekistan gets twitchy over the unprecedented output produced by foreign correspondents.

21 Feb 05

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