Turkmenbashi Scraps Visa System
Isolationist regime bows to the international community’s pressure and rescinds Soviet-era law.
22 Feb 05
Turkmenistan
Central Asia: Child Prostitution Exposed
Latest IWPR investigation finds that girls as young as 11 are selling themselves on the streets – and some adolescents are trafficked to the Gulf.
22 Feb 05
Turkmenistan's Grim Reapers
Police scour countryside to find out where all the grain from a “record harvest” went.
22 Feb 05
Central Asia's Islamic Threat
Economic hardship is driving youngsters in central Asia into the ranks of militant Islamic forces.
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyz Traders in 'Customs Hell'
Relentless harassment on the Russian border has reportedly driven ruined Kyrgyz businessmen to suicide
22 Feb 05
Russia Slaps Tougher Controls on Kazak Border
The introduction of new border controls on the Kazak-Russian frontier is being interpreted as a warning from the Kremlin
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyz Islamists Win Respect
The Khizb-ut-Takhrir group is gaining sympathy among many southern Kyrgyz tired of poverty and leery of the new US military presence.
22 Feb 05
US Set for Long Stay in Central Asia
The US has said it won't contribute to the Afghan peacekeeping force, but it is stepping up military deployment elsewhere in the region.
22 Feb 05
Turkmenistan: Border Tensions Rise
The killing of a teenage Uzbek boy has heightened tensions along the border with Uzbekistan.
22 Feb 05
Kazakstan: Afghan Peacekeeping Controversy
Many Kazaks are appalled at the prospect of their boys serving in an Afghan peace force.
22 Feb 05
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