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World Service,26 May 2004,22 mins

Uzbekistan and the Taliban

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What sort of country is Uzbekistan and how does the presence of the US affect life here? The presence of the US military in the Asian republic. The country was the launchpad for the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, and once again home to a foreign military presence, this time in the battle against the Taliban.

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