World: Asia-Pacific Uzbek leader warns West against Taliban Original Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_160000/160506.stm In his strongest remarks since the Taliban movement captured most of northern Afghanistan, the leader of neighbouring Uzbekistan says the international community should do more to prevent the spread of Islamic radicalism. The Uzbek president, Islam Karimov, said it was possible the Taliban would seek to export their militant ideology into central Asia. He expressed frustration that the UN Security Council did nothing, as he put it, but issue resolutions. Uzbekistan is the biggest of the former Soviet central Asian republics and our correspondent in the region says Mr Karimov favours the secular model offered by Turkey