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Turkmenistan forces military conscription

MARCH 21 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — The authorities in Turkmenistan have imprisoned a seventh man for refusing to sign up for conscription, the Forum 18 website reported.

Forum 18 reported that Pavel Paymov, a 23-year-old Jehovah’s Witness member, was sent to one year in prison in January for dodging conscription.

According to the article, Turkmenistan does not offer an alternative to military service. This, apparently, breaks international human rights laws.

Turkmenistan’s constitution calls on men to serve for two years in the military between the ages of 18 and 27.

Earlier this month, Turkmenistan mobilised its reserve forces after an attack on its border with Afghanistan.

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(News report from Issue No. 177, published on March 26 2014)

Turkmenistan mobilises military reserves

MARCH 18 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Turkmenistan has mobilised its military reserves along its border with Afghanistan after an alleged firefight with Taliban militants in February, media reported. A Taliban spokesman has denied any involvement in the firefight that killed a handful of Turkmen border guards.

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(News report from Issue No. 176, published on March 19 2014)

Georgian president visits troops in Afghanistan

MARCH 16 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili made a surprise trip to visit Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan. Keen to boost its Western-leaning credentials, Georgia has been an enthusiastic supporter of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan. It has also pledged to help Afghanistan rebuild.

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(News report from Issue No. 176, published on March 19 2014)

Tension mounts on the Tajik-Afghan border

MARCH 17 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — With NATO’s mission in Afghanistan winding down, tension is rising on the Tajik-Afghan border. Quoting Afghan officials, media said Tajik border guards shot dead two fishermen they thought were Taliban fighters or smugglers.

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(News report from Issue No. 176, published on March 19 2014)

Rakishev named head of Kazakhstan Engineering

MARCH 17 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Kenes Rakishev, the high-profile son-in-law of Astana mayor Imangali Tasmagambetov, has been appointed director at Kazakhstan Engineering . Kazakhstan Engineering is owned by Kazakh sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna. It mainly works with the ministry of defence to maintain military equipment

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(News report from Issue No. 176, published on March 19 2014)

Kazakhstan builds up military forces

MARCH 7 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered his military commanders to build up their forces in the south and west of the country to counter any territorial disputes in the Caspian Sea and guard against the spread north of Islamic extremists from Afghanistan, media reported.

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(News report from Issue No. 175, published on March 12 2014)

Azerbaijan increases arms exports fivefold

MARCH 9 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Azerbaijan increased its exports of military equipment by 500% in 2013, media quoted a government report as saying. Azerbaijan has previously said that it wants to boost its arms manufacturing sector. It has invested much of its relatively recent oil wealth into its military.

(News report from Issue No. 175, published on March 12 2014)

Azerbaijan tightens anti-terror laws

MARCH 7 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Azerbaijan wants to impose harsher penalties on people who break its anti-terrorism laws, media quoted the head of the Azerbaijani parliament’s security committee, Ziyafat Asgarov, as saying. Azerbaijani officials have said they are worried about radicalised Islamists returning to Azerbaijan from Syria’s civil war.

(News report from Issue No. 175, published on March 12 2014)

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reopen border

MARCH4 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed to reopen border crossings closed since mid-January after a shootout between Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards, media reported. The re-opening of the border marks an important drop in tension between the two countries.

(News report from Issue No. 174, published on March 5 2014)

Turkmenistan suffers Taliban attack

FEB. 28 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — The authorities in Turkmenistan accused Taliban fighters of killing three border guards on the Turkmen-Afghan border, media reported. The Taliban later denied the accusation. Central Asian states are concerned about the spread north of the Taliban once NATO forces leave Afghanistan in 2014.

(News report from Issue No. 174, published on March 5 2014)