Pentagon downplays #Taliban efforts to build its own air force "The relatively small number of former AAF aircraft believed to be in operational condition does not pose a capable military threat to regional stability outside #Afghanistan" per @DeptofDefense spox Maj Rob Lodewick
"With the exception of a pair of #Blackhawk helicopters, the former AAF aircraft that have been seen flying in #Afghanistan are old legacy aircraft that DoD did not provide nor previously sustain" per @DeptofDefense spox Maj Rob Lodewick in response to question from @VOANews
2 year agoISKP claimed targeted gun attack against Taliban members in Jalalabad, Nangarhar
Clashes in eastern Tajikistan have escalated into deadly battles between government forces and local groups pledging to resist the central authorities
#Taliban closer to backing away from #Doha commitments, giving #alQaida more freedom to operate in #Afghanistan Move would give AQ "the ability to train, travel, and potentially re-establish an external operations capability" @CENTCOM warns @DoD_IG
Afghan government: A ceasefire agreement was reached between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban in talks in Kabul
Taliban have decided to dissolve a number of key institutions in Afghanistan, including @AfghanistanIHRC , an A-Status National Human Rights Institution, that lost 7 of its employees to violence & terrorism (most directly attributed to the Taliban) since its establishment
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 31 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan
US expected to spend approx. $19.5 billion to support its counterterrorism in #Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Sentinel (OES) - in FY 2022, @DeptofDefense comptroller tells @DoD_IG Joint HQ in #Doha has abt 100 personnel, per report
2 year agoTajikistan: Riots broke out in the city of Khorog, in the Gorno-Badakhshan region. Security forces use tear gas canisters, gunfire is heard. There is information about the transfer of army units to the city
Meeting of CSTO leaders started in Moscow
Chief of staff of the Islamic Republic's Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri has arrived in Tajikistan at the head of a military delegation
2 year ago"The Taliban have arrested two Iranian political refugees named Mohammad Mehdi Homayoon Zarean and Kamal Khaki in Karta-e-Naw, Kabul
2 year ago2 NRF Andarab fighters of Commander Khair Mohammad Khairkhah last night attacked the Taliban Red Unit / Sara Kheta around the Pol-e Hesar city, Andarab and as a result of the offensive operation more than 10 Taliban militants were killed or wounded
2 year agoMay 14 - Neyshabur, NE Iran government's state security forces tell protesters to disperse. Protesters chant: "No fear. We're all together." "We are not rioters. We're hungry." protester says. Iran Protests
2 year agoTaliban militants raided a consultative meeting held by members of Shiite scholars council today in Kabul. The meeting aimed to discuss the demands/rights of Shiite community under the TBs but sources shared the video say that TBs attacked & abused the members
Canadian PM: It is 'completely atrocious' that Taliban is targeting Afghans who worked for Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, it is "heartbreaking and horrific" to hear of Afghans being tortured by the Taliban as they wait for resettlement to Canada
Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 26 km WSW of Boysun, Uzbekistan
Today, Afghan women in Kabul protested Taliban's new burqa decree. They held signs calling for justice despite threats from Taliban. "It was terrifying. They told us if we move one step forward, they will fire 30 rounds at us," one women said
2 year agoState Dept's Ned Price on Monday said the US has "noted that the Taliban continue to adopt policies oppressing women & girls, in many ways as a substitute for addressing the acute economic crisis & the need for incl govt & we have called for an end to these restrictive measures
2 year agoVideo - A new convoy of Taliban fighters arrived in Panjshir & headed to Dara district after a short stop in Bazarak. More than 20 Taliban fighters have been killed & 6 others captured in clashes in Dara district over past 2 days. 7 of their armored vehicles were also destroyed
2 year agoLocal sources reported that 12 Taliban members were killed and three others were wounded in a clash between Taliban and National Resistance Front on Sunday night May 08, in Versaj district of Takhar province
Report: A Taliban member was shot dead last night in Almar Faryab
Travel blogger Benjamin Rich, who runs the Bald and Bankrupt channel, was held near one of the launch pads at the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Alina Tseliupa, Dmitry Rogozin said
2 year agoTaliban supreme leader orders women to wear all-covering burqa in public: decree
"Drones have been flying over Ghazni province since last few days. A drone strike was carried against GHAZNI PRT." Residents in GHAZNI city tells
Kyrgyzstan says 3 people killed after Uzbek border troops open fire
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 16 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan
2 year agoOil tanker caught fire at Kulager district in Almaty
2 year agoReport: Senior Taliban intelligence member assassinated in Ghazni city on Monday
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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