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
Tajikistan
Kyrgyz Protestors Challenge Election Defeat
Once dubbed an "island of democracy in Central Asia", Kyrgyzstan is facing widespread unrest in the wake of this month's disputed parliamentary elections.
22 Feb 05
Islamic Defeat in Tajikistan
The Islamic opposition fails to become a credible political force after disastrous election results
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyz General Blames Fighting on Drug Barons
Russian and Central Asian troops are to launch joint military exercises this month in anticipation of fresh incursions across the Kyrgyz-Tajik border
22 Feb 05
Golden Valley Darkens
Islamic fundamentalists are exploiting economic hardship in the once prosperous Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan.
22 Feb 05
Militants Threaten Kyrgyz Frontier
Hundreds of armed militants appear poised to stir up trouble in the Batken border region of Kyrgyzstan
22 Feb 05
Journalists Slam Kazak Media Reforms
Speakers at IWPR's landmark conference in Almaty express serious concerns over new media legislation
22 Feb 05
Tajikistan's Media Haven
The independent media is blossoming in Tajikistan's corner of the Fergana valley
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyz Army in Crisis
The lessons learned in two recent military campaigns have failed to usher major reforms of the cash-strapped Kyrgyz army
22 Feb 05
Islamists Challenge Kyrgyz Authorities
Kyrgyzstan is clamping down on a Muslim movement determined to turn the country into an Islamic state
22 Feb 05
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