Iran

Suspect Held Over Halabja

Sixteen years after the Kurdish town was hit by a poison gas attack, a man alleged to have supplied the chemicals could be brought to justice.

22 Feb 05

Concerns over drug smuggling appear to be behind Turkmenistan's decision to tighten border security.

22 Feb 05

Warlord Ismail Khan looks to Tehran to help him consolidate his Herat powerbase.

22 Feb 05

Kabul should be wary of the motives of some of the countries contributing to the Afghan reconstruction process.

22 Feb 05

Mushrooming checkpoints along major routes have made Turkmen citizens foreigners in their own country.

22 Feb 05

President Karimov is reversing his government's once tolerant attitude towards Islam

22 Feb 05

Kazakstan is keen to exploit growing interest in its Caspian oil fields

22 Feb 05

Hundreds of homeless Afghan families find shelter amid the ruins of the Bamiyan Buddhas

22 Feb 05

The Afghan authorities are struggling to deal with the capital's massed ranks of child beggars.

22 Feb 05

Thousands of refugees expected to return to the Afghan capital over the next year are likely to find themselves homeless

21 Feb 05

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