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Zaher Shah Security Headache

Can the incipient Afghan army be trusted with the task of protecting the former king during his homecoming?

Students Hit by Latest Niazov Decree

Ban on students buying foreign currency likely to stop many completing their education abroad.

Karimov Exploits Iraq Crisis

President appears to be taking advantage of West’s focus on Iraq to renew pressure on the media.

Kyrgyzstan: Robbers Target Foreigners

Authorities step up drive to stop local criminal preying on overseas visitors.

Kyrgyzstan: Chechens Rail Against Police

Law enforcement agencies accused of not investigating serious crimes committed against the minority.

Will US Policy Backfire in Central Asia?

Central Asian leaders are exploiting their part in the “war on terror” to legitimise damaging policies.

Astana Pipeline Anxiety

Kazakstan is worried its new oil pipeline may make it vulnerable to Russian pressure

New Uzbek Water Crisis

Tashkent blames farmers for exacerbating serious water shortages

Afghan Peace Talks Offer

Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud says he is ready to talk peace with the Taleban

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The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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