ISWNews Analysis Group: Kamchybek Tashiev, the head of the Kyrgyz National Security Organization, and Saimumin Yatimov, the head of the National Security Organization of Tajikistan, signed the peace and ceasefire agreement between the two countries.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Despite the establishment of a ceasefire between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, heavy conflict continues on the border areas of Batken and Sughd provinces.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense published a new list of 21 servicemen which were killed during the last week clashes with the Armenian military, reaching the number of Azerbaijan casualties to 71 servicemen.
ISWNews Analysis Group: As a result of border clashes between the Kyrgyz and Tajik armies, two Tajik servicemen were killed and more than 14 servicemen from the both sides were wounded.
ISWNews Analysis Group: In continuation of the tensions in the Caucasus region, last night and this morning, Azerbaijani artillery targeted the positions of the Armenian forces in the border areas of Kalbajar, Lachin and Armenian territory.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Since the last night, a new round of tensions and conflicts between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia has begun; Conflicts which cause is not known and each side accuses the other of violating the ceasefire.
ISWNews Analysis Group: In the continuation of Russian retreats in Kharkiv Oblast in the east of Ukraine, Russian army forces completely withdrew from the north and northeast of Kharkiv.
ISWNews Analysis Group: After a series of retreats by the Russian army from Kharkiv Oblast in the last week, Ukrainian forces and its allies dominated large areas of the east of this oblast with an area of approximately 5900 square kilometers.
ISWNews Analysis Group: As a result of a suicide attack on the entrance of the Russian embassy in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, 25 people, including two Russian diplomats were killed and wounded.
ISWNews Analysis Group: As a result of a terrorist explosion in the “Gozargah” mosque in Herat city, more than 29 people, including Mulawi Mujibur Rahman Ansari, the imam of this mosque, were killed and dozens were injured.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On August 26, the Republic of Azerbaijan Army officially took over the Lachin region and the villages of the old route of Lachin Corridor to Nagorno-Karabakh from the Russian peacekeeping forces.
The US-Tajikistan relations have entered a higher level of military and security cooperation after the change of government in Afghanistan and the recent unrest in Central Asian countries. Now it seems the US intends to create new bases in Central Asia by increasing military and security assistance to Emomali Rahmon’s government and cultural influence in Tajik society.
