Whatever is happening, it’s not helpful to the U.S. war effort in neighboring Afghanistan, seeing as one of our main resupply bases is located at the Manas International Airport, about 19 miles northwest of the capital of Bishkek. Dozens killed in Kyrgyzstan unrest The small, mountainous Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan, a vital conduit for [...]
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