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February 18, 2013 | http://www.rferl.org/content/
After The Afghan Pullout, The Dangers For Central Asia
By John Herbst and William Courtney
In
his State of the Union speech on February 12, U.S. President Barack
Obama declared that by the end of 2014 "our war in Afghanistan will be
over." This step, long expected, will decrease security in neighboring
Central Asia. Flows northward from Afghanistan of terrorists and
narcotics will put at greater risk a region already weakened by
corruption, despotism, and ethnic and water tensions. The West should do
more to enhance security in Central Asia, comprised of Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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