Central Asia

Tajikistan: Islamic Radicals Lying Low

An anticipated escalation in the government's campaign against Hizb ut-Tahrir has prompted the Islamic radicals to scale down their operations.

21 Feb 05

Uzbek women increasingly see suicide as the only way to end their suffering.

21 Feb 05

The latest epidemic is unlikely to be the last unless the country can upgrade its decaying network of water pipes.

21 Feb 05

The government is struggling to make safe decaying Soviet-era nuclear waste pits.

21 Feb 05

Huge quantities of old books are being pulped as a result of decrees forbidding their export and ideological purges of the country's libraries.

21 Feb 05

A long-running territorial dispute with Uzbekistan is fraying Kazak nerves.

21 Feb 05

Impoverished city dwellers found rich pickings in leftovers from the US airbase until Bishkek's sanitary inspectors stepped in.

21 Feb 05

The Kyrgyz government is facing escalating unrest sparked by the arrest of two prominent politicians.

21 Feb 05

Uzbek migrant workers are prepared to put up with rough treatment in Russia to escape the economic misery of their homeland.

21 Feb 05

Access to some of the world's cheapest and purest heroin has seen addiction rates soar.

21 Feb 05

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