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Islamic movement leader Yuldashev's right-hand men arrested in the northern part of Afghanistan

Islamic movement leader Yuldashev's right-hand men arrested in the northern part of Afghanistan

02.07.2007 10:46 msk Afghanistan

Afghani National Security Directorate reported arrests of Kari Abdul Kadir and Kari Hekmatulla in the northern part of the country. Right-hand men of Tahir Yuldashev, leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Kadir and Hekmatulla are from the province of Farjab. Both were trained in Kvetta, Paki

Afghanis in Russia: Close-knit international diaspora 100,000 men strong

Afghanis in Russia: Close-knit international diaspora 100,000 men strong

27.06.2007 11:52 msk Afghanistan Migration

Ferghana.Ru news agency has already run some stories on establishment and functioning of Central Asian diasporas in Russia (see Immigration). Here is another story, on Afghani diaspora, in an interview with Mr. Gulam Mohammad, Fatherland Business Center President.

President of Afghanistan is through with "dangerous operations" of foreign contingents

President of Afghanistan is through with "dangerous operations" of foreign contingents

25.06.2007 11:13 msk Afghanistan

President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai came up with unprecedented criticism of the United States and NATO. Almost 230 noncombatants perished in operations mounted by foreign contingents in this country in 2007 - almost as many as in all of 2006. More than 90 civilians including women and children die

Representatives of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claim that Tahir Yuldashev is alive

Representatives of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claim that Tahir Yuldashev is alive

09.04.2007 10:48 msk Afghanistan

An anonymous representative of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan phoned Ferghana.Ru presumably from the Southern Waziristan to pronounce Amir Muhammad Tahir Farouq (that's how Movement leader Tahir Yuldashev is known) alive. The recent reports concerning his arrest and death were false, the man sai

Afghanistan: Presumably, Uzbek islamists’ leader Tahir Yuldashev has been arrested

Afghanistan: Presumably, Uzbek islamists’ leader Tahir Yuldashev has been arrested

08.03.2007 12:38 msk Afghanistan

Gazeta.ru citing RIA Novosti informed of Tahir Yuldashev’s, one of the most authoritative leaders of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), arrest on Thursday night in Afghanistan. In turn, RIA Novosti refers to Pakistani private TV channels and anonymous sources with secret services of the country.

Seven heroin labs were destroyed in Afghanistan in 2006

Seven heroin labs were destroyed in Afghanistan in 2006

12.01.2007 14:31 msk Afghanistan

Officers of the Tajik Drug Enforcement Agency and their Afghani colleagues ran nine special operations in Afghanistan in 2006 and confiscated nearly a ton of drugs including 313 kg of pure heroin.

Situation in Afghanistan requires urgent solution

Situation in Afghanistan requires urgent solution

13.12.2006 18:54 msk Afghanistan Analytics

Two-day conference "Afghanistan and Regional Security: 5 Years After the Talibs" is taking place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

International conference on problems of Afghanistan to take place in Dushanbe

International conference on problems of Afghanistan to take place in Dushanbe

06.12.2006 13:52 msk Afghanistan Analytics

International Conference "Afghanistan and regional security: 5 years after the Taliban" will take place in Dushanbe on December 11-12. It is to be organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Tajik Academy of Sciences, Alexander Knyazev's Public Foundation, and Dushanbe-based Center of Conf

Russian scientists will be looking for ancient artefacts in Afghanistan

Russian scientists will be looking for ancient artefacts in Afghanistan

06.12.2006 13:50 msk Afghanistan Arts

A team of ethnographers set out from St.Petersburg for Kabul on an invitation from the government of Afghanistan, yesterday. "We are after artefacts of the Afghani culture and Eurasian civilization in general," expedition leader Alexander Stepanov said. "The first road from Europe to India ran acros

The forthcoming NATO summit in Riga will confirm the West's inability to cope with the Taliban

The forthcoming NATO summit in Riga will confirm the West's inability to cope with the Taliban

24.11.2006 16:33 msk Afghanistan Analytics

NATO summit will take place in Riga, Latvia, on November 28-29. Sergei Rogov (Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Alexander Khramchikhin (the head of the Department of Analysis of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis), and Dmitry Danilov (

NATO is running Mountain of Wrath in Afghanistan, its third operation this autumn

NATO is running Mountain of Wrath in Afghanistan, its third operation this autumn

16.10.2006 10:01 msk Afghanistan

The onset of the operation was an embarrassment. NATO contingent commander General David Richards (Great Britain) announced that up to 70% of the Afghanis could end up on the Talibs' side.

Situation in Afghanistan reached a boiling point

Situation in Afghanistan reached a boiling point

13.10.2006 17:15 msk Afghanistan

NATO Commander (Afghanistan) Lieutenant General David Richards said on October 8 that the situation in this country reached the boiling point. The British general believes that the majority of the population will end up on the Taliban's side unless some positive changes take place within six months,

Ex-gunmen of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claim that their organization is no more

Ex-gunmen of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claim that their organization is no more

16.04.2006 21:43 msk Afghanistan

"... I'm convinced that what happened in Andizhan was impossible without some serious preparations and the experience gunmen had accumulated in Afghanistan and other hot spots. The Ferghana Valley is the territory that spawned Yuldashev, Namangani, and other so called "charismatic" ringleaders. When

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