Muhammad Tahir

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Hopes that business and cultural links would be boosted have been dashed by lack of interest from both Turkmen and Iranian governments.

15 Dec 06

Kunduz residents dispute the right of incomers to assert long-lost property rights.

20 Oct 06

Tough regulations and confusion over where the border runs make life hard for Afghans living along the frontier with Turkmenistan.

11 Sep 06

Change to identification papers and the electoral roll gives the ethnic Turkmen community less of a say than ever.

27 Jul 06

The first-ever ethnic Turkmen education minister takes steps to get his people to go to school.

18 May 06

The younger generation of ethnic Turkmen is increasingly adopting Iranian ways, even discarding their own language in favour of Persian.

27 Mar 06

The first-ever ethnic Turkmen education minister takes steps to get his people to go to school.

6 Mar 06

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