Analysts recently warned of Central Asia being next in the arc of instability—incl. Islamist threat—around #Russia.pic.twitter.com/AMHEVK8Ddd
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Analysts recently warned of Central Asia being next in the arc of instability—incl. Islamist threat—around #Russia.pic.twitter.com/AMHEVK8Ddd
Five Islamist terrorists liquidated and two arrested as part of the Aktobe anti-terrorist operation in Kazakhstan (per KZ police/RT).
Is the ISIS spreading it's tentacles here? And has it been able to gain some foothold in this region?
The so-called "Islamic State" spread into Central Asia / Afghanistan for strategic reasons and due to Russia's Syria successes. @vikrant489
IS/Daesh has been able to recruit/absorb smaller militant groupings in Central Asia such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. @vikrant489
Opium production in Afghanistan is more profitable to IS/Daesh than oil according to some estimates. Tajik border is sensitive.
@vikrant489
Russia has a military base on Tajikistan. Russia also has visa-free travel with Eurasian Economic Union members--a problem. @vikrant489
Aktobe and Orenburg - Central Asia? Let's call it Central Eurasia.
so rogues or part of a plot?
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