Posts Tagged ‘Uzbekistan’
Kyrgyzstan unrest timed to coincide with SCO summit
RIA Novosti | By Sanobar Shermatova | 15 June 2010 In Kyrgyzstan, there are two versions of what caused the tragic events of June 10 and 11 in the city of Osh. According to the first version, spontaneous fighting between young Kyrgyz and Uzbeks evolved into a larger conflict in which stores and cars have been set on fire and a large [...]
Perspectives on the Violence in Kyrgyzstan
Jump to: Kyrgyz 'leader' visits troubled south (18 June) Kyrgyz conflict an 'immense crisis' (17 June) Kyrgyz violence level 'alarming' (16 June) More evidence indicate Moscow's organization of massacre in Kyrgyzstan (16 June) With the near exclusive monopoly of the Russian media over reporting in Kyrgyzsatan, there are very few [...]
Indian Efforts to Win Afghan Hearts and Minds
Times of India | 11 January 2010 Winning Afghan hearts & minds with academia Afghan nationals today comprise the largest contingent of foreigners pursuing higher education in India. MUMBAI: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai often speaks fondly of the days he spent as a student in Shimla attending Himachal University. But what is lesser [...]
Profile: Baitullah Mehsud
Commander of the Faithful Meet the man who is Islamabad and Washington's new Public Enemy No. 1. BY IMTIAZ ALI | JULY 9, 2009 In May of last year, a convoy of journalists made its way from Peshawar up into the remote reaches of South Waziristan. They were responding to an invitation from the diminutive, diabetic, and hypertensive commander [...]
India plays catch-up in the great game
Asia Times | By By M K Bhadrakumar | 18 July 2009 The Central Asian question is no more the same as it was in the 1990s. No one speculates anymore that it was inevitable that the region would descend into anarchy. However, the problems endemic to a critical period of state formation linger. The transition economies were just about switching [...]
Russia Intensifies Competition with USA for Kyrgyz Bases
EURASIA INSIGHT Kyrgyzstan: Russia Seeks Second Military Base in Central Asian Nation, Rattling Uzbekistan 13 July 2009 The Kremlin is playing a geopolitical game of ’can-you-top-this’ in Central Asia. Russia is looking to offset its failure to dislodge American troops from Kyrgyzstan’s air base at Manas by securing Bishkek’s [...]
America’s European Allies Deputed to Sow Discord Among Islamic Scholars
Translated from Urdu Sunday 12 July 2009 | By Saifullah Khalid Plan Ready to Deal with Taleban by Promoting Sectarianism To achieve their objectives America and her allies want to create an "Iraq style" situation in Pakistan also. Three hundred Pakistani and a hundred Islamic scholars (`ulama) called to London. The British Foreign Secretary's [...]
Pakistan Army Action Pushing Terrorists Back to Uzbekistan and Tajikstan
According to two reports (on Uzbekistan and Tajikstan), the Pakistan Army operation may have caused terrorists from Uzbekistan and Tajikstan to return to their countries. (more...)
