Tajikistan says drug trafficking has increased since the Taliban came to power. According to Tajik officials, more than 4 tonnes of narcotics were discovered in Tajikistan in 2021, up 69% from 2020
The military of the 201st Russian Military base conducted large-scale maneuvers in the mountains of Tajikistan. More than 500 people and 80 units of military equipment were involved in the exercises, including armored personnel carriers and Orlan-10 drones
3 year agoISKP claiming to have targeted a Taliban base in Sawki, Kunar yesterday with machine guns and grenades, injuring two Taliban members
Per @CENTCOM, @DefenseIntel "Taliban has not permitted al-Qaeda members to play a significant role in its so-called "interim government" & will likely aim to prevent alQaida attacks on the United States as it attempts to gain international legitimacy" says @DoD_IG report
.@CENTCOM "said that the #Taliban very likely will allow #alQaida elements in #Afghanistan to maintain a low profile within the country to preserve legacy relationships & avoid upsetting the most militant Islamic elements within the Taliban" per @DoD_IG report
3 year agoThe Progress spacecraft with cargo for the ISS was launched from Baikonur. This is the first launch from Baikonur in 2022
3 year agoHundreds of Afghans rallied in Kabul to protest against Biden's decision on frozen Afghan funds. Protesters chanting "death to America ..death to Joe Biden." Taliban has warned that they will 'reconsider' their policy towards US if assets not freed
3 year agoTurkmen leader's son Serdar Berdimuhamedov nominated for president
3 year agoImran Khan to CNN: Three terrorist groups launching operations from Afghanistan into Pakistan. there are : members of the Pakistani Taliban," . "They are attacking inside Pakistan; Baloch insurgents, especially for their recent attacks and Khorasan branch of ISIS
3 year agoTaliban claimed killing one alleged "kidnapper" and detaining two others in an op in Khogyani, Nangarhar
3 year agoHundreds joined an unsanctioned rally organized by opposition groups in Kazakhstan's biggest city, Almaty, on February 13. They demanded punishment for those responsible for the deadly crackdown on the January anti-government protests
Four missing Afghan women activists released: UN
3 year agoIn Almaty people demonstrated for an international investigation of the killing of protesters last month and for personal sanctions on Nazarbayev and Tokayev
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan
Finland foriegn ministry reported that they have evacuated 37 Afghans from Afghanistan on Thursday evening and 10 other will arrive in next few weeks
Early presidential elections in Turkmenistan will be held on March 12. Earlier, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed the CEC to begin preparations for holding early elections
At least 8 Westerners - including 1 American, 7 Brits - have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan during different incidents in the last 2 months, CNN has learned. A sharp escalation of Taliban actions against Westerners, with @peterbergencnn
White House: Biden issues order to freeze $7 billion of Afghan Central Bank funds
3 year agoTwo international journalists who were on an assignment for the UN refugee agency have been detained in the Afghan capital, the UNHCR said on Friday
Two foreign journalists on assignment for UN detained in Kabul: @AFP
Explosion at the Grand Mosque in Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis province, during Friday prayers some minutes ago. Initial reports of several casualties
3 year agoRussia's special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov: It's time to remove the Taliban from the list of terrorist groups banned in Russia. Taliban is not designated as a terrorist group in Russia but UNSC listed some Taliban leaders as militants
Putin holds a meeting with Kazakh President Tokayev in Moscow
Today Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is claiming a new attack targeting Pakistani border security posts in Shorko, Kurram, apparently carried out last night around 2 am. This is the same area where TTP carried out another attack recently which killed 5 Pakistani soldiers
3 year agoAfghanistan: 102 security forces graduated from 3rd Infantry Brigade of 203 Mansoori Army Corps in central Ghazni province this week
3 year agoMilitary echelon in Orenburg region of Russia
Explosion in Karta-e-Parwan Square. Reports of an explosion in Karta-e-Parwan square, PD4
3 year agoTaliban government's MoD announced 600 new Taliban recruits completed military training from 215th al-Azam Corps HQ in Helmand
Feb 8th: Explosion via MIED against Taliban vehicle in Khair Khana, PD-17, Kabul
3 year agoA woman & two of her daughters have been killed in PD7 area of Kabul city, police said on Wed. The incident has taken place in the Jay Raees area. Taliban police have arrested a suspect in connection to the incident who has confessed to the crime during initial investigations
Central Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north. It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia, and, colloquially, "the 'stans" (as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan", meaning "land of") and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent.
Central Asia include five republics of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan (pop. 17 million), Kyrgyzstan (5.7 million), Tajikistan (8.0 million), Turkmenistan (5.2 million), and Uzbekistan (30 million), for a total population of about 66 million as of 2013–2014. Afghanistan (pop. 31.1 million) is also sometimes included. (wikipedia)
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