Central Asia

Tajikistan: Putin Fails to Deliver

High-level talks with Moscow leader fail to meet Tajik expectations of Russian investment.

21 Feb 05

Killer landslides could spread radioactive pollution across much of southern Kyrgyzstan

21 Feb 05

EBRD urges improvements in human rights and economic policy, but Uzbek government shows no sign of budging.

21 Feb 05

Crunch time as Ashgabat forces dual passport holders to choose to stay or leave the country.

21 Feb 05

Uzbeks dismiss medics’ advice over dangers of traditional cots.

21 Feb 05

Fraudsters invent new ways to trick the gullible out of their savings.

21 Feb 05

Officials believe the United States should tackle Afghanistan's thriving opium industry as a matter of urgency.

21 Feb 05

Veteran political editor dismissed following live broadcast that cast Karimov in an unfavourable light.

21 Feb 05

Raid on police station in southern Kyrgyzstan raises spectre of renewed Islamic guerrilla activity.

21 Feb 05

Interior ministry says suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir group, which has been broken up in the Sogd region, was being funded from abroad.

21 Feb 05

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