Taleban attacks focused on southern Afghanistan, and the overland routes via which Coalition forces brought in fuel and ammunition from Pakistan. There was never a hint of a Taleban threat to Coalition airbases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, or to the ...
The event taking place in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, is momentous on all accounts. Official representatives of Central Asian countries, Germany, Afghanistan, and Pakistan participate in the conference "Germany - Central Asia: partnership for ...
Had the events taken a different turn somewhere along the line, this man would have been known to all of Uzbekistan these days as a self-made and successful farmer. As it happened, however, Bahodir Choriyev found himself far from home in the West, ...
Leaving politics, the retired General started agricultural business. In his luxury mansion in Tavildara Mirzo Zieev told the journalist of Asia Plus agency that he was going to produce the record number of melons. "All of a sudden, I hear about ...
It was the parliament of Kyrgyzstan that dotted all Is and crossed all Ts in the lengthy debates over the future of the more than 1,000 men strong American military contingent. It happened on June 25 when the parliament ratified the bilateral Kyrgyz-US ...
Problematic and complicated in the first place, relations between Central Asian presidents may take another quixotic turn at the summit in late April. Three Central Asian republics are expected to present a unified position on construction of major ...
President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev's latest visit to Uzbekistan was unique on many scores. It took place when a new US Administration was being installed in Washington, one with which official Tashkent had to establish contacts yet. It is common ...
Political immigrant and Erk party leader Muhammad Salikh proclaimed the beginning of unification of the Uzbek opposition in early December. It is common knowledge meanwhile that all previous attempts at consolidation ended with nothing to show for the ...
The situation when an ally of the West becomes a rogue regime, then seeks to restore friendly relations with the international community over a brief period of seven to eight years, is hardly ordinary. It is clear that the transformations taking place ...
Recent arrests of Islamic militants in Kyrgyzstan, their clashes with the Pakistani army in Waziristan, and last month's statements of Tahir Yuldashev raise questions of viability of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) that threatened its home ...
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