Security

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  Security

  2018-04-13

  Uzbek intelligence agency reforms bring oversight, new direction

  The once infamous National Security Service (SNB) has changed its name and implemented oversight and other reforms in order to tackle rising security threats and abuse of power.

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  Security

  2018-04-12

  Death of Uzbek 'Islamic State' leader sparks infighting in Afghanistan

  The replacement of Qari Hikmatullah with another Uzbek suggests the group is having difficulty replacing its leaders and is being forced to depend on foreign fighters with fluctuating loyalties.

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  Security

  2018-04-11

  'Travesty' at UN affirms Russia's complicity in Syria chemical attack

  Russia vetoed an investigation into the chemical attack in Douma and followed with toothless proposals that lacked mechanisms to identify the perpetrators of the war crime.

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  Security

  2018-04-10

  Kremlin bows to pressure, flip-flops on Syria chemical attack probe

  Moscow has insisted there is no evidence for a chemical attack despite being faced with numerous videos and pictures to the contrary.

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  Security

  2018-04-10

  Central Asian law enforcement officers to undergo border security, anti-WMD training

  The training will take place in Tajikistan at a US-funded regional training centre designed to prevent trafficking in nuclear materials and WMDs.

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  Security

  2018-04-09

  Russia 'must be held to account' for latest chemical attack in Syria

  International leaders expressed outrage and urged a 'strong' response after the latest alleged use of chemical weapons by the Kremlin-backed Syrian regime.

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  Security

  2018-03-29

  Opening of Caspian ports highlights strengthening relations between US, Kazakhstan

  Access to the ports of Aktau and Kuryk will allow the United States to set up an alternative route to Afghanistan, bypassing Russia.

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  Security

  2018-03-23

  Kremlin uses 'shadow army' as cover for Putin's military thuggery

  Independent investigations have dismissed the Kremlin's assertion that Wagner Group mercenaries are volunteers not affiliated with the Russian military.

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  Security

  2018-03-16

  Russia 'complicit' in atrocities committed by Syrian regime

  The Russian-backed Syrian army has continued to violate the terms of a ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta, where more than 1,300 civilians, a fifth of them children, have been killed in recent weeks.

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  Security

  2018-03-08

  War crimes of Russia-backed regime creating 'apocalypse' in Syria

  Indiscriminate airstrikes and use of barrel bombs, and the deployment of chemical weapons, have killed more than 900 civilians, including at least 179 children, since mid February.