1 year agoVIDEO: Footage from near Nad Ali showing Taliban fighters following heavy fighting in the area
1 year agoTwo civilians and three soldiers were wounded after a mortar hit Helmand's Lashkar Gah City today, local officials said
"Over the past two days USFOR-A has conducted several targeted strikes in Helmand to defend ANDSF forces under attack by Taliban fighters, consistent with the US-Taliban agreement," said US forces-Afghanistan spokesman Sonney Leggett
1 year agoIMAGES: Civilians continue to flee the areas under heavy fighting in Helmand province. Around 4000 families have been so far displaced due to latest fighting and local officials say it is hard for them to provide emergency assistance to these families
"The Taliban need to immediately stop their offensive actions in Helmand Province and reduce their violence around the country. It is not consistent with the US-Taliban agreement and undermines the ongoing Afghan Peace Talks." Gen Scott Miller, Commander
1 year agoPalace spox Sediq Sediqqi, at a press conference, says reinforcements are being sent to Helmand, and that clashes in the province have displaced many families and caused power outages
The Kyrgyz General Staff said that the armored vehicle crashed into the fence of the state residence due to problems with the brakes
Putin congratulated Rakhmon on re-election
1 year agoFootage shows a destroyed check-post being looted by locals. They appear to be even looting the bricks and dirt. Taliban fighters also present
Atambayev urged the President of Kyrgyzstan to resign
The curfew in the capital of Kyrgyzstan will be from 22:00 to 05:00, the Bishkek police department reported.
1 year agoIMAGE: Weapons and Humvee seized by Taliban in raid in Yangi Qala, Takhar
Taliban have abducted two technicians, 15 guards of electrical substation in Helmand: electricity company
1 year agoHelmand Taliban hoist Flag on entrance gate of Lashkar Gah city, the capital of Helmand
The Central Election Commission of Tajikistan reported that the incumbent head of state, Emomali Rahmon, won 90.9% of the vote in the presidential elections
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, commandant of Bishkek Almazbek Orozaliev at a meeting with President of the Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov proposed to extend the state of emergency in the capital, the press service of the head of state said.
1 year agoIMAGES: ANDSF outpost was overrun by Taliban in Chahar Bolak, Balkh
1 year agoTaliban convoy in Farah province
1 year agoFormer President of Kyrgyzstan Atambayev, his two bodyguards, wife and sons arrested in Bishkek
1 year agoLarge presence of Police and Security Forces in front of the house of former President Atambayev, arrest seems to be imminent. He was realised by protesters earlier
– NDS says a 10-member group linked with Daesh and Haqqani network was arrested in Kabul on charges of involvement in an attack on First VP Amrullah Saleh in Kabul on Sept. 9 that killed over 10 people
1 year agoThe military has been deployed in Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan Day 5 recap. Signs of progress - President Jeenbekov said he is ready to resign once the parliament forms the legitimate gov't - Sadyr Japarov's effort to forcefully seize power urged opposition to unite - The date for parliamentary revote will be set by Nov. 6
1 year ago3 diff. rallies crossed at Bishkek's central square & ended with Japarov's supporters attacking pro-Babanov crowd, throwing stones, firing several gunshots 5 were injured in clashes, 3 hospitalized, including Toktogaziev with blunt head trauma, supposedly, after being hit with a stone
Al-Jazeera Correspondent: The President of Kyrgyzstan signs a decree removing the head of the National Security Council from his post
1 year agoHundreds of Japarov's supporters gathered outside the house of the Kyrgyz government.
Kyrgyzstan president 'ready to resign': office
1 year agoKyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov says he is ready to resign, in an abrupt about-turn after rival politicians claiming leadership positions prepare for a confrontation while Russia pushes security forces to restore order
Clashes started west of Paktia capital as Taliban launched raid on Chowni, Sar Kari and Ibrahim Khel CP's. Very active night in Afghanistan
1 year agoHelmand: Deputy commander of ANA unit killed according to @Shamshadnetwork. Bloody battle ongoing
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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