Iran Looks to Strengthen Tajik Ties
Tehran’s growing economic and cultural cooperation has strategic goals.
20 Nov 05
Central Asia
Kyrgyz Concerned by Uzbek Gas Cuts
Uzbekistan is so angry at Kyrgyz failure to send back Andijan refugees that it derails a contract to supply essential fuel to its neighbour.
20 Nov 05
Tajikistan Moves Against “Incomer” Faiths
Government slaps ban on three missionary organisations as local clerics voice hostility to the newcomers.
20 Nov 05
Kyrgyz Cannabis Boom as Tourist Trade Slumps
People living around Lake Issykkul say they have few options but to exploit the illegal narcotic growing on their doorstep.
20 Nov 05
Tajik Capital Puts its Houses in Order
A new effort to enforce planning regulations seems designed to make Dushanbe a better place to live, but will the poor suffer more than the rich?
20 Nov 05
Kyrgyz Prosecutor Gets Tough
One by one, chief prosecutor Beknazarov is picking off those accused to abuses under the old regime.
20 Nov 05
Tajik Health Scare
The health ministry blames dysentery or food poisoning for an infectious disease that has claimed several lives, but a suspicious public fears it is something worse.
20 Nov 05
Turkmenistan Divorces its Neighbours
It was no real surprise when the Turkmen leader said goodbye to the alliance of former Soviet states - the only question is what he’s hoping to get out of this public demarche.
20 Nov 05
Russia Offers Kyrgyzstan a Hand
Moscow’s proposal to bail out the ailing Kyrgyz economy is part of an assertive new approach in its former backyard.
20 Nov 05
Uzbekistan Gives Afghans No Reason to Stay
Cold-shouldered by the Uzbek authorities, the Afghan community that has been here for more than a decade is gradually moving on.
20 Nov 05
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