Abstract
Central Asia, once one of the least known regions in the world, has become important to the United States since 9/11, the resulting U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, and the new “War on Terror.” Tajikistan, often considered the poorest and most obscure of the five Central Asian “Stans,” was thrust into the public view when it became useful to the United States in its 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
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Swift, Amy
(2007)
"Human Rights in Russia and the Former Soviet Republics: Political Repression of Islam,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 44.
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https://digitalcommons.du.edu/hrhw/vol7/iss1/44
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