Upsurge in Militant Presence in Kyrgyzstan
Porous border makes country's south vulnerable to incursions, experts say.
10 Jul 09
Tajikistan
Kyrgyz Abandon Passports Along With Country
Population loss has serious implications for Kyrgyzstan’s future, say experts.
8 Jul 09
Higher Education Becoming Unaffordable
Would-be students and their parents are dismayed at a massive increase in university tuition fees, which many say will make them revise plans to go on to higher education.
3 Jul 09
US Base in Kyrgyzstan Renamed but Remains
Terms of new agreement mean airbase officially becomes transit hub for Afghan operation, but some analysts see no real change.
1 Jul 09
Civil War Statues Keep Bad Memories Alive
Manuchehr Mirzoev reports from the southwestern Tajik city of Qurghonteppa where residents are deeply divided over monuments to commanders from one side of a bloody civil war.
27 Jun 09
Female Farmworkers an Oppressed Class
Because of the scale of rural emigration in search of better-paid work abroad, one rarely sees a man at work in the cotton fields of southern Tajikistan these days.
27 Jun 09
Electoral Amnesia in Tajikistan
As political parties gear up for next year’s parliamentary election, reporter Rahmatullo Odina discovers that many voters have no idea who they voted for last time.
27 Jun 09
Central Asia: 'May 09
IWPR report poured oil on troubled waters as Kyrgyz politicians geared up to protest Uzbek “incursion”.
26 Jun 09
Gypsies Demand Their Rights
Afghan Jogi, sometimes known as gypsies, have few legal rights, despite having been in Afghanistan for hundreds of years.
22 Jun 09
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