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Unlikely Afghan Liberators

The US is undecided whether to throw its weight behind the potentially fractious Northern Alliance.

21 Feb 05

The arrival of US personnel in southern Uzbekistan has turned the lives of local people and Uzbek servicemen upside down.

21 Feb 05

There are fears that the force's anger at the prosecution of officers blamed for protestors' deaths may spill over into a national strike.

21 Feb 05

Market traders go on strike following authorities’ latest bid to regulate their industry.

21 Feb 05

Authorities seek to thwart first steps towards reviving Erk party as a political force.

21 Feb 05

Help for ethnic Kazaks returning home is distributed unevenly, say activists.

21 Feb 05

Muslim militancy makes little headway in Bukhara, one of Islam's holiest cities

21 Feb 05

International officials are in a race to stabilize Afghanistan following the Taleban withdrawal from Kabul.

21 Feb 05

Thousands of people in the Fergana valley take to the streets, some attacking the police sent to disperse them.

21 Feb 05

The economic crisis at home has forced prostitutes to expand their horizons.

21 Feb 05

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