Central Asia

Samarkand Revives Ancient Craft

CIS Foreign Ministers to Meet in Ashgabat

Sustained Focus Needed to Improve Turkmen Rights

Northern Town Plagued by Flies

Khujand in northern Tajikistan is full of clouds of midges, some of them carrying tropical diseases.

TB Hits Tajikistan's Poorest

Southern Tajikistan is the focus of a widespread tuberculosis problem that appears closely linked to poverty.

Tajikistan's Temporary Orphans

Many of the inmates of children’s homes in Tajikistan have been left there by desperate parents hoping to collect them again once their economic circumstances improve.

Urban Squatters Face Eviction

Houses in and around the capital Bishkek that were put up by migrants from other parts of the country may soon be demolished.

Migrant Orphans Falling Behind at School

Children whose parents leave them behind with relatives to go abroad and join the army of migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan are performing poorly at school, teachers say.

Returning Migrants Swell Unemployment Figures in South

The city government in Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan, reports that the number of employed has jumped to over 17,500 from 10,000 last year.

Turkmen-Russian Pipeline Still Likely