The U.S. drone strike that killed Maulvi Nazir in South Waziristan on January 2 eliminated a key local leader who resisted the presence of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in South Waziristan. From a U.S. perspective, Nazir was a target because he provided safe havens and training camps in the South Waziristan capital of Wana from which militants could launch cross-border raids against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

• March 8, 2013

On 7-8 April , the World Economic Forum will hold an event entitled 'The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the South Caucasus and Central Asia' in Baku, the WEF said.

• March 8, 2013

Regular Kazakh-Belarusian ministerial consultations were held in Astana on March 6, 2013, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan said.

• March 7, 2013

The full development of the abundant hydrocarbon resources of the Caspian Sea included in the world's inventory of the largest oil and gas reserves, is the strategic direction for developing the Turkmen fuel and energy complex, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said in Ashgabat today, the Turkmen government reported.

• March 7, 2013

Iran will barter goods in return for some gas imports from Turkmenistan, an Iranian trade official was quoted as saying on Wednesday, a sign of Iran's difficulties in paying for basic supplies due to sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

• March 6, 2013

The United States warned Iran on Wednesday that it faces further international isolation if it fails to address U.N. nuclear watchdog concerns about its atomic activities.

• March 6, 2013

The UK is to provide armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria "to help save lives", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.

• March 6, 2013

ISSUE # 07
03/04/2013
The EU-Ukraine summit was held in Brussels on 25 February 2013. In the course of the meeting the sides discussed the prospects for signing the association agreement at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius in November. READ MORE

• March 6, 2013