Tajikistan

Uzbek Region Tightens Up on Cotton

The enticing prices fetched by cotton in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan means Andijan is particularly prone to smuggling.

Northern Afghanistan: The Enemy Within

For residents of the northern province of Takhar, there are worse things than the Taleban.

Shops Shut for Tajik Harvest

Trade grinds to a halt in parts of southern Tajikistan as local officials order markets and shops to close so the workers can help bring in the cotton harvest.

Central Asia: July/Aug ‘07

Journalism teachers and students believe new IWPR manual will serve as an important training resource in the region.

Government Must Control Flour Prices

Government to Repossess Unused Land

Kabardino-Balkaria Leader Offers Way Out in Land Dispute

President proposes a major rethink on laws that ethnic Balkars say will deprive them of their lands.

Afghans to Get Power Supplies Even if Tajiks Lose Out

Migrant Workers Rescue Families From Poverty

Opium Out, Hashish In Across Northern Province

The northern province of Balkh was deemed poppy-free, but now industrious farmers are turning to another cash crop - marijuana.