On 03 May, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker plane crashed in northern Kyrgyzstan. All the three aircrew onboard were killed. Earlier on April 27, four U.S. airmen had died when MC-12 surveillance and reconnaissance plane crashed in southern Afghanistan. On 30 April, another tragedy struck when a Boeing 747 […]
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Kyrgyzstan is the latest drama in the Central Asian Great Power Game
Adrian PABST (UK) Last week’s outburst of mass violence in southern Kyrgyzstan killed thousands and displaced around 400,000 ethnic Uzbeks – with most lacking any humanitarian aid and 100,000 now in temporary camps in neighbouring Uzbekistan. Representing about 15% of the Kyrgyzstan’s 5.6 million population, ethnic Uzbeks are the victims […]
Osh Massacre and International Politics
Andrei ARESHEV (Russia) The massacre in Osh, a city in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan, will have far-reaching consequences for entire Central Asia. There is an array of causes behind the recent developments in Kyrgyzstan. Some of the watchers charge that the clashes were provoked by supporters of the ousted […]
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