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Tajikistan & Uzbekistan: A Feud that is a Fly in Central Asia’s Ointment
23 May 2012
Copyright show: No EurasiaNet Commentary Persistent feuding between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan has troubling implications for the future of Afghanistan. read moreUzbekistan: Hey, Kids, It’s Cotton-Planting Time
17 May 2012
Authorities in Uzbekistan don't like to discuss how they push schoolchildren, college students and teachers to toil in the country’s feudal cotton industry. But now that spring planting is underway, again a few brave activists are bringing us reports on both children and adults being dragged out of school and forced to work in the cotton fields, in dangerous conditions for no pay. A two-page ...Uzbekistan: Where Conscripts Are Eager to Serve
16 May 2012
Copyright show: No When Nodir Tolipov turned 18 last March, old enough to begin his compulsory military service, he was eager to serve in Uzbekistan’s armed forces. But Tolipov ended up being disappointed when recruitment officers in his Ferghana Valley town told him there was no room in the ranks. read moreIn this category: Websites: 0, Number of pages: 0, Last updated: 25 May 2012
