Tajikistan

Uzbekistan: Afghan War Survivor Convicted on Terror Charges

Former Soviet soldier, presumed to have died in Afghanistan and later discovered in Pakistani jail, found guilty of terrorism by Uzbek court.

21 Feb 05

Alarm bells ring in Dushanbe as the Taleban advance towards the Tajik border.

21 Feb 05

The Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan appear determined to thwart the Taleban

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

Countries neighbouring Afghanistan refuse to participate directly in US-led military strike against the Kabul regime.

21 Feb 05

Mullah Omar has reinforced his positions in the north of Afghanistan in readiness for expected US-led strikes.

21 Feb 05

Tajikistan leaves it late to announce its support for US-led strikes against the Taleban

21 Feb 05

Astana tightens secuity fearing the Afghan conflict may spill over into southern Kazakstan.

21 Feb 05

United Nations officials are horrified by US talk of the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Afghanistan after the overthrow of the Taleban.

21 Feb 05

The wholesale destruction of Afghanistan's cultural heritage has gone virtually unnoticed.

21 Feb 05

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