Scourge of God: Strict Islamic rules imposed in Afghanistan by the ruling Taliban are plunging that strife-torn country deeper into ruin

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Strict Islamic rules have been imposed by the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, overseen by Maulvi Qalamuddin, head of the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The rules severely limit the freedom of women, with the ban on women teachers bringing education to a virtual halt. Their access to international aid has also be cut by denying them the right to work, especially for international aid agencies. The United Nations aid agencies will only fund humanitarian projects where men and women can participate and benefit equally.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Education, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Religion, Afghanistan, Religious aspects, Education of women, Women's education, Taliban

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Dominion of dominoes: Tajikistan hovers on brink of chaos

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The forced resignation of Tajikistan Pres Rakhman Nabiyev plunged more the former Russian republic into the vortex of political and ethnic upheavals. Nabiyev's resignation was preceded by the storming into the presidential palaceof protesters who demanded the erstwhile ruler's resignation. Parliament Chmn Akbarsho Iskandarov temporarily controls Tajikistan's seat of power. Meanwhile,differences in ideologies and ethnic groupings spark more armed clashes betweenrival factions in the various regions of the republic.

Political aspects, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Ethnic relations, Tajikistan, Nabiyev, Rakhman

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Linking up for trade: big plans even for Bandar Abbar

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The five independent Central Asian republics rejected past offers of financial aid and trade relations from Iran, Pakistan and Turkeyin favor of the West and the Far East. When the West disregarded the initiatives of these republics, they turned back and sought the offers of the Islamic nations which they initially rejected. The alliance known as the Economic Cooperation Organisation is designed to establish a major regional bloc in Asia by the year 2000.

International aspects, Economic development, International relations, Central Asia, Asia, Central

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