Sébastien Peyrouse, German Marshall Fund of the U.S., August 29, 2012
The events that shook the autonomous Gorno-Badakhshan region in eastern Tajikistan in July shed light on the internal fragility of some of Afghanistan’s neighbors, and the need to better assess the real sources of instability in Central Asia. The Tajik government often posits that it is fighting Islamic insurgents from Afghanistan, mostly foreigners belonging to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and allies of the Taliban. But many observers reject this argument… (more) http://ow.ly/1mbSTe
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