Security

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  Security

  2021-09-07

  Central Asia tightens borders with Afghanistan despite Taliban's assurances

  Militaries in Central Asia are on high alert and are preparing for a number of possible threats emanating from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

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  Security

  2021-09-01

  Taliban takeover spurs old fears among ex-Soviet neighbours

  Central Asian states are grappling with an influx of refugees fleeing the Taliban after the group seized power in neighbouring Afghanistan.

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  2021-08-31

  Kazakhstan remembers horrors of Soviet nuclear tests

  Thirty years after of its closure, Kazakhstan is reminding the world of the irreparable damage caused by four decades of reckless nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk.

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  Security

  2021-08-24

  US, UK ramp up sanctions over Kremlin's poisoning of Navalny

  The Russian regime is still holding jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on trumped-up charges one year after his near-fatal poisoning.

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  2021-08-17

  Afghan insecurity raises spectre of online extremist recruitment of Kazakh youth

  The fall of the Afghan government raises the urgency of combating extremist recruitment, say Kazakh observers.

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  Security

  2021-08-13

  Wagner Group's war crimes exposed in tablet recovered on Libya battlefield

  The tablet, abandoned by a Kremlin mercenary, included manuals for anti-personnel mines and IEDs, reconnaissance drone footage, and military maps of the frontline -- all marked in Russian.

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  Security

  2021-08-12

  Taliban fear mongering by Kremlin falls on deaf ears in Turkmenistan

  Russia is spinning a narrative that Turkmenistan is weak and defenceless and needs Moscow to protect it from the Taliban. Turkmens aren't buying it.

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  2021-08-06

  Doubts undermine Kremlin's boasts of cheap fighter jets and 'invincible' weapons

  Cheapness and 'invincibility' do not normally go hand in hand, but the Kremlin is trying to sell its weapons as both deadly and inexpensive. A look at the track record proves buyers beware.

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  Security

  2021-08-04

  Doubts grow over Taliban leaders' control of rampaging militants

  Top Taliban leaders have issued a number of statements to group members ordering them not to destroy schools and public buildings. The group's foot soldiers are not listening.

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  Security

  2021-08-02

  Going back on their word, Taliban attack Afghan cities

  Afghan forces have repelled the Taliban's continuing attacks on provincial capitals, exposing the group's lies about refusing to target cities.