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Monday, January 5, 2015 - 12:30
Militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq have published a video saying that they have asked permission from the group's senior leadership to wage jihad in Tajikistan, RFE/RL's Tajik service has reported.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 07:08
That constitutional conundrum may partly explain why none of Abkhazia’s most influential political figures has yet expressed the intention of putting forward his presidential candidacy.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 07:05
A senior NATO official says alliance defense chiefs will meet on June 3-4 with defense officials from Ukraine and Georgia to discuss reforms in the two countries' militaries and the security implications of Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 06:42
But as the group has spread its area of operations it has also become less centrally controlled. Noah Tucker said the IMU seemed "to exist almost as two different groups, one in Pakistan and one in Afghanistan."
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 07:15
Some 500 local residents of Azerbaijani background rallied in the regional capital, Gardabani, on May 29, demanding an investigation into an attack against ethnic Azerbaijanis by dozens of ethnic Georgians on May 28.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 14:48
It was unclear who the attackers were. Qishloq Ovozi has previously reported that there are militant groups in northern Afghanistan who are allied with the Taliban but are led by ethnic Uzbeks.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 07:16
Nagorno-Karabakh's de-facto Defense Ministry in a statement on May 21 said its soldier, 20-year-old Artur Oganjanian, was killed by Azerbaijani troops on May 20.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 07:39
But if Azerbaijan is presenting itself as a democracy, than it means to me that Azerbaijan has the responsibility to ensure that some of the things that have been happening here don't take place.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 07:32
Nazarbaev is on a state visit to China from May 19 to 22. The two presidents signed a joint declaration and witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements in specific fields.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 06:37
The real threat to Central Asia, Ulunyan said, comes from the Central Asian militant groups fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan, and he named the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) as the primary group.