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| Turkmenistan Asks US Support For Its Afghan Border Protection |
| 2015-03-30 |
| [Tolo News] Expressing fears about insecurity on its border with Afghanistan, the Turkmen government has asked the United States for military aid to address the threats to their security, a request which the U.S. is apparently willing to support. The statements were expressed by the head of U.S. Central Command, General Lloyd Austin, to the congress this week as part of CENTCOM's annual "posture statement." "The Turkmens recently expressed a desire to acquire U.S. military equipment and technology to address threats to their security along their southern border with Afghanistan," Austin said. "We will do what we can to support those requests." The Turkmenistan's demand came following several reports about the presence of Daesh Islamist Lions of Islam in the northern regions of Afghanistan bordering Turkmenistan. The Afghan MPs, meanwhile, acknowledge the concerns, warning that if Daesh Lions of Islam were not curbed in the northern and southern parts, the newly-emerged rebels would likely reach to the capital city. "Without regional cooperation, the issue of insecurity in the region cannot be addressed," female politician from western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... Nahid Farid said. "The Central Asian countries need to cooperate with Afghanistan in resolving these issues." Turkmenistan has 209-meters long border with northwestern Faryab and western Herat and Badghis provinces of Afghanistan. It has had neutral policy towards Afghanistan over the past 14 years; however, after the withdrawal of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... troops from Afghanistan and the reports about emergence of Daesh murderous Moslems have led the country to further strengthen its Afghan borders this time by the assistance of the United States. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 During the Cold War, the US' Allies in NATO as a class were already Western or Democratic Socialist - looks post-9-11 its time to bring the US into the fold vee ""TIP-OF-THE-SPEAR" US-LED, ANTI-US OWG-NWO + GLOBALISM. Unlike 1940 France vee invading Rommel + 7th Panzer, the post-9-11 OWG Mighty USSA = OWG Weak USRoAmerika Global SSR is surrendering anyway. * FYI CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > BLOGGER = opined that the US PER SE, LIKE OTHER WORLD NATIONS, IS A DOMINO ITSELF + WHICH WANTS TO FALL UNDER THE SPELL OR AUSPICE OF COMMUNIST/CAPITALIST ECONOMIES [Lest we fergit, "Communist-Capitalism = Comm pitalist"]. The US has [intentionally?] utterly failed to isolate or contain CHINA, + has ditto failed to empower or protect its interests in Asia. As for RUSSIA ... * BIGNEWSNETWORK > [RFE] RUSSIA CITES "ISLAMIC STATE THREAT" AS JUSTIFICATION FOR HEIGHTENED [Domestic] SECURITY. IOW, can RUSSIA = CHINA = effectively resist a combo of Hard Boy threat + struggling centralized economies. DARTH VLAD, SERVING + PROTECTING ALL THE RUSSIAS + EASTERN [Orthodox, etc.]CHRISTIANITY FROM RADICAL ISLAM BY FROCIBLY TAKING BACK THE CRIMEA. Given also pressure on Mama Russia vee ... * GROONG, TOPIX > US HOUSE UKRAINE ARMS BILL CALLS FOR [Anti-Putin] "REGIME CHANGE" IN MOSCOW. But I digress ... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-30 22:57 |
| #3 Given the US can't control its own southern border, WTF? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-03-30 13:10 |
| #2 Turkmenistan has 209-meters long border with northwestern Faryab and western Herat and Badghis provinces of Afghanistan. So they want combat helicopters and ground armor, but they need some .22s? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-03-30 08:11 |
| #1 It is in the US strategic interest to protect Mama Russia, + also China + India, etc. allies from the Hard Boyz. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-30 02:47 |