Feuding Neighbours
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan treat each other like pariahs, despite having strong mutual interests
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan treat each other like pariahs, despite having strong mutual interests
Access to some of the world's cheapest and purest heroin has seen addiction rates soar.
But pipeline plan carries dangers as well as benefits, analysts warn.
Naïve and desperate women in Kyrgyzstan are falling prey to the sex trade
Turkmenbashi insists foreigners pay high price for marrying Turkmen girls
Lack of education and employment opportunities consign Tajikistan's youth to the scrap heap
A school prize-giving ceremony has sparked a row after children received certificates featuring a portrait of a notorious Kurdish leader.
Political instability and poor facilities combine to put the dampners on the Kyrgyz tourist industry.
Kazaks question a government plan to invest much of the country's huge oil wealth abroad
Lead an alternative lifestyle in Almaty and you may well end up bribed, beaten or tortured