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Militant Groups in Afghanistan Looking To Topple Central Asian Governments

28th May, 2023 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine is capturing much of the world’s attention, but Central Asia is more concerned about what’s happening south of the border in Afghanistan. There are several militant groups in northern Afghanistan who hope to topple the Tajik and Uzbek governments. Some of these groups are allies of

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Posted in Central Asia, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia |
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US Cast as Villain During Meeting of Afghan Neighbors

14th April, 2023 · admin

Navbahor Imamova VOA News April 14, 2023 WASHINGTON — A gathering of regional foreign ministers to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan this week brought little in the way of new initiatives but provided a forum for several of Kabul’s neighbors to blame the country’s economic plight on the United States and its Western allies. The United

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Posted in Central Asia, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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‘Not A Problem But A Disaster’: Afghan Canal A Test For Taliban Ties In Water-Stressed Central Asia

6th April, 2023 · admin

By Chris Rickleton Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 5, 2023 When the Taliban returned to power in 2021 in a lightning military insurrection that toppled Afghanistan’s internationally recognized government, the country immediately fell into diplomatic isolation. Two of Kabul’s neighbors to the north, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, chose a different route, putting the hard-line group’s fractious history

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Ethnic Issues, Taliban, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Land grabbing, Natural Resources, Pashtunization, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan Relations, water |
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Russia, Tajikistan hold military exercises near Afghanistan

4th April, 2023 · admin

Mehr News Agency (Iran): Russia’s most extensive military base is stationed in the cities of Dushanbe and Bokhtar, and according to the agreement signed in October 2012, the military bases in Tajikistan will remain through 2042. The military maneuver came after the security concerns expressed by the Russian envoy and the Collective Security Treaty Organization

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Posted in Central Asia, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia |
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Afghanistan to Build Large Canal on Amu River; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Worried

16th March, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The Qosh Tepa is an enormous canal building on the Amudarya River, raising the concern of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan due to the potential effect for drawing water and affecting the countries. The project was inaugurated last year and covered 285 KM, beginning from the Amu River in Balkh Province, passing through Jawzjan, and ending

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Turkmenistan-Afghanistan Relations, water |
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The Taliban are digging an enormous canal

16th February, 2023 · admin

The Economist: Taliban officials have started talking up a new canal under construction in the arid north of Afghanistan. The Islamist regime says some 5,500 people are working around the clock on the project, using over 3,300 bits of machinery. Once completed, the Qosh Tepa Canal will divert water from the Amu Darya river for

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News |
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Taliban Refute Russia’s Terror Charges Against Afghanistan

15th February, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News February 15, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The chief diplomat in Afghanistan’s ruling Islamist Taliban has rejected as baseless Russia’s allegations that thousands of Islamic State militants have gathered in northern Afghanistan and threaten the stability of the Central Asian region. “How come thousands of such people are concentrated in one place and still

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Central Asia, ISIS/DAESH, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Amir Khan Muttaqi, Destabilization of Central Asia, Taliban Security Failure |
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Central Asian Universities Enrolling Afghan Women Amid Taliban College Ban

31st January, 2023 · admin

By Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 30, 2023 With the Taliban government banning women from attending universities in Afghanistan, an EU-funded project is being revived to bring dozens of Afghan girls to study in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. More than 100 Afghan girls who were awarded five-year scholarships are already in the host countries

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Posted in Afghan Women, Central Asia, Education, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghanistan-Kazakhstan |
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IS Recruits Multiethnic Fighters in Afghanistan, Threatening Regional Security, US Says

15th December, 2022 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News December 15, 2022 Following this week’s Islamic State attack on a guesthouse in Kabul, U.S. officials say the terrorist group is recruiting a multiethnic force that threatens security in neighboring countries and that the Taliban need to do more to eliminate the threat. While the Taliban claim they have restored peace

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Posted in Central Asia, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia, Taliban Security Failure, Taliban vs. ISIS |
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Pakistan to import gas from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan: report

9th December, 2022 · admin

Ariana: The government of Pakistan, facing gas shortage as winter sets in, has worked out a plan to import liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) overland from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan, Pakistan Today reported on Thursday. The customs office in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, after consultations with stakeholders, sent a plan to the Federal Board of Revenue

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Turkmenistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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