Central Asia

Old and Young Drawn into Kyrgyz Drugs Trade

Issykkul shows its darker side as pensioners and schoolchildren harvest the region’s cannabis crop.

21 Feb 05

Former guerrilla attacks police station after alleged campaign of harassment.

21 Feb 05

Teachers and students fear that higher education is becoming a privilege, not a right.

21 Feb 05

Authorities appear to be trying to silence people attempting to draw attention to alleged beatings.

21 Feb 05

Territorial dispute threatening to aggravate Kyrgyz-Uzbek relations.

21 Feb 05

Gorno-Badakhshan residents fear departure of Russian border guards will leave them without jobs.

21 Feb 05

Former Soviet soldier, presumed to have died in Afghanistan and later discovered in Pakistani jail, found guilty of terrorism by Uzbek court.

21 Feb 05

The independence of the Kyrgyz legal system is called into question following the dubious conviction of an opposition leader

21 Feb 05

Uzbekistan attempts to build bridges with the Taleban after their recent victory over the Northern Alliance.

21 Feb 05

Alarm bells ring in Dushanbe as the Taleban advance towards the Tajik border.

21 Feb 05

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