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Tajikistan and Myanmar

Jamie Coomarasamy sees unease and risks in the Tajik/Afghan border region as NATO prepares to leave; Jonathan Head meets the businesspeople trying to get Burma up and running

Pascale Harter introduces personal experiences, impressions and analysis from 成人快手 correspondents around the world. In this edition: strategies, risks, opportunities and threats - both military and economic. As close as he can get to the uneasy border area where Tajikistan and Afghanistan meet, Jamie Coomarasamy hears the story of one Tajik shepherd who was kidnapped by the Taleban - and escaped. As NATO forces prepare to leave Afghanistan next year, there's concern about how ready neigbouring countries will be to fight drug trafficking, terror attacks or crime which might spill out beyond its borders. In Yangon, now emerging from a suffocating era of isolation and underdevelopment as Myanmar's military government was targeted by sanctions, there's a new spirit of commerce in the air. Businesspeople, both foreign and Burmese, are flocking into town - but there are barely enough usable premises to house their companies, or electricity to keep them operating. Jonathan Head meets some of the strivers who are trying to get the country up and running.

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11 minutes

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Mon 14 Oct 2013 08:50GMT

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  • Mon 14 Oct 2013 01:50GMT
  • Mon 14 Oct 2013 08:50GMT