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Roadside Bombs Kill 5 in Afghanistan
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Two roadside bombings in different part of Afghanistan killed five people on Tuesday, including a local police commander credited with...
China’s Restive Xinjiang Region Hit by Renewed Violence
Violence erupted Tuesday in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, with at least 10 civilians and two assailants killed in an attack that the state-run Xinhua...
The Missing Men of Tajikistan, Making Money Abroad
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was...
China's Security Chief Goes on Tour—How Is Asia Reacting?
Over the past week, as I've traveled across Asia, I've discovered an unlikely partner in my continental peregrinations: China's security chief Zhou Yongkang. The...
With U.S. Approval, Moscow Heads Back to Afghanistan
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev played host last week to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the leaders of Pakistan and Tajikistan at the Black Sea resort of...
How Afghanistan's War Is Spilling into Central Asia
When five militants, all Russian citizens, were shot and killed in a gun battle at a remote military checkpoint near Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan, the...
Russia Moves to Boost its Role in Central Asia
On July 30, Russian president Dmitri Medvedev sat down for talks with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, two countries that sit in the crosshairs of the...
Tajikistan's President: No Photos, Please
Across Central Asia, they are a common sight: portraits glorifying each nation's leader. Rising above the people on roadside billboards and taking pride of place...
Could Central Asia Be the Next Flashpoint?
When Pakistani troops began to pummel Taliban positions in the Swat Valley last month, there were other military advances against insurgent outposts — barely...
Strength in Numbers
It's hard to project power with a name like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Certainly, the 10-country Eurasian assembly, which gathered in China's...
