News Digest
ZAKAYEV\'S COMMENTS IN BRITISH MEDIA ANGER RUSSIA
By empty (10/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia expressed anger on Friday because British media allowed Chechen separatist envoy Akhmed Zakayev, who has political asylum in the UK, to voice \"public support\" for Thursday\'s attack by militants on Nalchik, the capital of the Russian region of Kabardino-Balkaria. \"This propagandist of terrorism, this terrorist instigator again expressed public support for terror, for the barbaric actions of the militants in Kabardino-Balkaria. Once again, he openly and blatantly called for violence, for killing Russian civilians,\" Anatoly Safonov, the Russian presidential envoy for international cooperation in combating terrorism, said in a commentary on the Russian Foreign Ministry\'s website.NINETY-ONE MILITANTS ELIMINATED IN NALCHIK - MINISTER
By empty (10/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Ninety-one militants have been eliminated during a special operation in Nalchik, according to recent reports from Kabardino-Balkarian law enforcement agencies. \"We continue to revise the number of eliminated militants which currently stands at 91. Another 36 militants have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack.MOSQUE BOMB KILLS AFGHAN CLERIC
By empty (10/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A leading Muslim cleric has been killed and 16 people hurt by a bomb detonated in a mosque in south-east Afghanistan. Pro-government cleric, Mullah Maulvi Ahmed Khan, was about to lead afternoon prayers when the remote controlled device was detonated, police say. Police chief, Mohammed Ayub, blamed the Taleban for the blast in Tani district, 25km (18 miles) south of Khost.KYRGYZSTAN TO SEEK RUSSIAN HELP IN ARRESTING AIDAR AKAYEV
By empty (10/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General\'s Office intends to seek assistance from the Russian Prosecutor General\'s Office in its search for former Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev\'s son Aidar Akayev, the office\'s press service told Interfax on Friday. \"Owing to the fact that the parliament stripped Aidar Akayev of his parliamentary privileges, the Prosecutor General\'s office is preparing materials in its search for him and is to seek help in the search from the Russian Prosecutor Generals\' Office,\" the press service said. \"According to the information we have, Akayev is currently staying in the Russian Federation,\" the press service said.Visit also
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Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.