Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Is Tajikistan the next Tajikistan?

"Could peaceful Tajikistan soon become a violent place full of warlords and Islamists? Some seem to think so. After the suicide car bombing in the north, Channel 4 in the UK asked “Is Tajikistan the next Afghanistan?” Well, 70,000 dead in the 1990s in Tajikistan means that one does not have to go far to make comparisons. But the blogger at Channel 4 made a comment that led to several of my friends to email mail with the lols:

“It’s not clear what happened here yet, but it is clearer what it means.”

Right. OK. But what about news sources that actually focus on the region in a more in-depth manner? RFE/RL (one of the better outlets Central Asia news) reported on the suicide bombing that killed the bombers plus two police officers. RFE/RL called this Tajikistan’s “first suicide bombing,” which Lenka Koutnakova disagrees with."
Ghost of Alexander

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