Tajikistan and the High Pamirs: A Companion and Guide (Odyssey Tajikistan & the High Pamirs)
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
U.S. and Afghan forces are engaging in heavy fighting against the resurgent Taliban militants in the once-peaceful Kunduz and Badghis provinces of northern Afghanistan.
The Fourth Rail (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
More than 130 Taliban fighters have been killed during an operation in a district under enemy control.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
NATO says Afghan and foreign troops have killed more than 130 insurgents, including eight Taliban commanders, in six days of fierce fighting during a major offensive in northern Afghanistan.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year.
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Defense Minister-led Delegation has left for Dushanbe.
WATblog (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
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Daily Dreamtime (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vote on Report of Fact Mission on Gaza Conflict The draft resolution on follow-up to the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (document A/64/L.11) was adopted by a recorded vote of 114 in favour to 18 against, with 44 abstentions, as follows: In favour : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,...
Webstan - Internet in Central Asia (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Google Trends, tool which compares search volume for given queries, you can see that Facebook has now caught Odnoklassniki by Google search queries numbers in Kazakhstan. As you can see on the graph Odnoklassniki queries emerged in the country in November 2007 since then it boomed until middle 2008. Facebook raised in October 2008 and started to catch up with Russian social network in September...
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
As of Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
BY ALISHER KHAMIDOV Concerns about the spread of swine flu are creating an additional hurdle for Central Asian believers hoping to make the Hajj, or the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Some believers in the region say that Central Asian governments do more to frustrate than facilitate the Hajj, which is a moral obligation for every Muslim to undertake at least once in his or her lifetime.
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon signed a law granting amnesties to 10,000 inmates to mark the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the country’s constitution, which falls on Friday, the Daily Telegraph reports. Amnesties are commonly used to celebrate political anniversaries in Tajikistan and this year’s will mark the twelfth amnesty since Tajikistan earned its independence...
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
After months of turbulence in relations with Russia, the Tajik leader seems to have smoothed things over and gained significant concessions. By Daler Gufronov in Dushanbe (RCA No. 594, 06-Nov-09)
Desertification (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Every now and then we read about the huge problem of malnourished children being at great risk of contracting infectious diseases. Repeatedly the same causes are mentioned : lack of food, lack of knowledge of good nutritional practices, high prices for many basic food products, poor drinking water quality and extreme poverty leading to hungry [...]
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