A clash between Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards around the village of Vorukh is again focusing attention on the problem of cross-border exclaves in Central Asia. What's behind the tensions?
Against a backdrop of Russian sweeps to detain labor migrants, Uzbek, Tajik, and Kyrgyz workers talk of being detained despite having legal status as well as beatings, starvation, and extortion.
The Kyrgyz interim government often appears to be playing catch-up in the crisis in the south of the country. Will it be strong enough to take control of the situation now, despite its apparent lack of cohesion and unity?
