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Caucasus & Central Asia

Jul 31, 2009: Is Fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistan Spilling Into Tajikistan?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Afghanistan War , Asian Affairs , Caucasus & Central Asia
Abdujalil Abdurasulov, a contributor to The Christian Science Monitor, reported July 30, 2009, that “A spate of militant clashes in Tajikistan may indicate that the conflicts in Afghanistan and Pakistan are spilling beyond their borders – a top concern for...

Oct 28, 2007: Iran to Host Conference on Central Asia and Caucasus
Comments: 0 | Categories: Caucasus & Central Asia
"Iran is to host the fifteenth international conference on Central Asia and Caucasus on Oct. 29-30, [2007] Deputy Foreign Minister for Educational and Research Affairs Manuchehr Mohammadi said here [in Tehran, Iran] on Saturday [October 27, 2007]," according to the...

Jul 15, 2007: Why Azerbaijan Opened Academy To Train New Diplomats
Comments: 0 | Categories: Caucasus & Central Asia , Diplomatic Affairs , Oil
On July 11, 2007, the New York Times Co.-owned International Herald Tribune (IHT) reported that the "small Caspian nation" of Azerbaijan, "hoping to drum up business for its non oil sector, and to improve its image, ... has more than...

Aug 12, 2006: India To Establish Military Base In Tajikistan
Comments: 0 | Categories: Asian Affairs , Caucasus & Central Asia
Bangalore, India-based freelance journalist Sudha Ramachandran, writing in the August 12, 2006 Asia Times Online, said "Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov's five-day visit to India that ended on Thursday [August 10, 2006] might not have grabbed much media attention in New...

May 17, 2005: Relatives Demand to See Officials Who Handled Beslan Crisis
Comments: 0 | Categories: Caucasus & Central Asia
On May 17, 2005, parents and relatives of the 330 people killed on September 3, 2004 in the Beslan school hostage crisis in Beslan, North Ossetia stated at the trial of Nur-Pashi Kulayev, the only surviving hostage taker, that "they...

May 17, 2005: Beslan Relatives Call for 'Real Justice' in School Siege Case
Comments: 0 | Categories: Caucasus & Central Asia
Nur-Pashi Kulayev, "the only Chechen militant to have survived the Beslan school siege in September last year has gone on trial amid calls from bereaved relatives that he be handed over to face 'real justice,'" reports Andrew Osborn, a Moscow...

May 17, 2005: Uzbekistan's Free Peasants Party Says 745 Killed by State Forces
Comments: 0 | Categories: Caucasus & Central Asia
Nigara Khidoyatova, head of the Free Peasants Party in Uzbekistan, said May 17, 2005 that "her party had compiled a list of 745 people allegedly killed by government troops in Uzbekistan, the highest estimate so far, and that many were...

May 9, 2005: Joong Ang Daily: 'Korean Firms Open a Digital ‘Silk Road'
Comments: 0 | Categories: Caucasus & Central Asia
Joong Ang Daily of South Korea reported May 9, 2005 that, "LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics are opening up something of a digital silk road in Central Asia, as their brands of digital appliances are market leaders in countries such...

May 3, 2005: Amnesty International Wants Pressure Put on Turkmenistan
Comments: 0 | Categories: Caucasus & Central Asia
"Amnesty International (AI) has requested that world leaders pressure Turkmenistan to follow human rights agreements by saying that spreading violations in this country are arousing concerns," reports Zaman Online.

May 3, 2005: Amir Mir Takes a Look at 'War and Peace in Waziristan'
Comments: 0 | Categories: Caucasus & Central Asia
Amir Mir, senior assistant editor of the Monthly Herald, one of the Karachi-based Dawn Group's newspapers, reported in a May 4, 2005 article in Asia Times Online that, "The American commander of the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, Lieutenant-General David...