Tag: CPEC

Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad

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Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad

What happened:

Kazakhstan unrest: Dozens killed, about 2,000 arrested as protesters clash with police in Almaty

Kazakhstan is a major energy power, among the top exporters of oil globally and in the leading 20 for gas. The country’s government has subsidized liquefied petroleum gas for years, but when it lifted price controls on LPG, it argued that keeping them in place was no longer sustainable.

Previously:

BRI will make the whole region a well-connected village: Kazakhstan envoy

Terrorists operating in Afghanistan targeting CPEC projects: Pakistan

Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles

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Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles

Related:

US troops ‘will temporarily deploy’ to Afghanistan to help evacuate diplomats

ICYMI: The Pentagon has quietly established two new Afghanistan-linked offices, including its Defense Security Cooperation Management Office-Afghanistan, and the Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism Headquarters, both based in Qatar. (Tip of the hat to Dr. Jonathan Schroden, who directs CNA’s Countering Threats and Challenges Program.)

– Defense One

The US isn’t going to leave Afghanistan alone:

China emerges as reliable partner for Afghan development

US Fingerprints on Terrorism Aimed At China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

US-led Information War Targets Southeast Asia (and China)