Pakistan

Turkmen Warm to Taliban

Despite international condemnation of the Taliban, Turkmenistan has chosen to foster closer links with the Kabul regime.

21 Feb 05

Northern Alliance counting on international help in its war with the Taleban

21 Feb 05

Law enforcers hunt down "undesirables" on eve of conference.

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

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

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

Uzbek veterans of the Soviet Afghan conflict say the US and its allies are in for a long, hard war.

21 Feb 05

Will the Taleban regime be able to mount effective resistance to American-led attacks?

21 Feb 05

Western relief workers may struggle to assist civilians uprooted by fighting in Afghanistan.

21 Feb 05

United Nations officials are horrified by US talk of the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Afghanistan after the overthrow of the Taleban.

21 Feb 05

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