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...rica]], and is spoken by minorities in [[sub-Saharan Africa]], Iran, and [[Central Asia]]. In addition, many languages of the Islamic world, such as [[Persian lang

...focused on Kashmir, using terrorism, which increasingly operates in India, Central Asia, and Chechnya. It is suspected as the sponsor of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. T ...and a union of Muslim majority regions in the area, including Chechnya and Central Asia.<ref name=SATP />

* Forbes, Andrew D.W. ''Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang, 1911-1949'' Cambridge Universi

...ing the Early Middle Ages in the [[Tarim Basin]] (in today's [[Xinjiang]], Central Asia).

...y a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, occupies 488,100 sq km in [[Central Asia]]. It has borders with Afghanistan, Iran, [[Kazakhstan]] and Uzbekistan.

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====Board, Europe & Central Asia==== {{r|Alice Henkin, Vice-Chair}} Board, Europe & Central Asia, [[Human Rights Watch]]

...ted States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia | title = Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

==Central Asia==

...he [[seventh century]] and the heavy [[Islam]]ic influence on modern day [[Central Asia]]. The local name of Persian, ''Farsi'', is also a result of this, as the A

...kestan in Xinjiang, [[People's Republic of China|China]] and far eastern [[Central Asia]]. The area is largely inhabited by indigenous Turkic peoples, with an incr

*''[[Central Asia Monitor]]''

...a in third century&nbsp;BCE. From 180&nbsp;BCE, a series of invasions from Central Asia followed, including those led by the [[Indo-Greek]]s, [[Indo-Scythian]]s, [

...of Islam itself."<ref>Ahmed Rashid, ''Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia,'' , Yale University Press, 2002, quoted by Center for Defense Information< ...Chechen war of 1994-96. He set up cells of of the Adolat party throughout Central Asia which would be activated in the subsequent IMU campaigns.

religious extremism in South and Central Asia; and “Islam and the West.”

...in 542) plague. In many parts of the world, especially Britain, Mexico and central Asia, resultant poverty caused political upheavals that had a significant effect

...ted States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia

==West and Central Asia==

'''[[Europe]] and Central Asia''' *Mountains of Central Asia

Its human-source intelligence is reported to be strong in the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, but weak in the West. There is a lack of cultural and l

===South and Central Asia===

...ne]] found in [[Tibet]] and throughout the [[Himalaya]]n region of south [[central Asia]], as well as in [[Mongolia]]. In [[Tibetan language|Tibetan]], the word ''

...the Mongols), Islamicization (affecting economic changes in both China and Central Asia), and the ethnicization of local identities (owing to the successive polici

...arnett earned an AM (1986) in Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and a PhD in Political Science (1990) (major—International Relations; min

...Darya River''', also known as the '''Oxus river''', is a major river of [[Central Asia]], forming a wide delta in the western deserts of Uzbekistan and northeaste

...ted States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia ...ted States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia

...found in central Asia and belongs to the [[Elapidae]] family. It occurs in central Asia and like other cobra species, it spreads a “hood” as a warning to poten ...ubcaudal scales|subcaudal scale]] counts. Specimens from the former Soviet Central Asia and Iran do not generally have any cuneate scales, whereas specimens from e

...then belonging to the [[Soviet Union]]) is a [[musician]] specialized in [[Central Asia]]n traditional music, particularly of the [[Shash maqom]] style. He mostly

...term carriers following recovery. There are areas of the world, such as [[Central Asia]],<ref name=CDC-ST /> [[Indonesia]] and [[Papua New Guinea]], with an inci

...ational Studies]]. She serves on the steering committee for the Europe and Central Asia program of [[Human Rights Watch]], and is a member of the Council on Foreig

**Subcommittee the Middle East and Central Asia

...Bohr}} Expert, [[Chatham House]]: Contemporary politics and history of [[Central Asia]] {{r|James Nixey}} Expert, [[Chatham House]]: [[Central Asia]]n politics and [[Russia]]n foreign policy

** [[Central Asia]]: [[kumis]] (mare milk), [[kefir]], [[shubat]] (camel milk)

...[[Elapidae]] family and ranging from [[Africa]] to the [[Middle East]], [[Central Asia]], [[South Asia]] (Indian subcontinent), [[Southeast Asia]], and far [[East

| title = Jihad: the Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia

#'''[[Agni-Kuchi languages|Agni-Kuchi]]''' (extinct) (Central Asia, chiefly Xinjiang), often called improperly '''[[Tocharian]]''', including ##'''[[Iranian languages|Iranian]]''' (initially stretched from Ukraine to Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan and part of Pakistan), including:

...land Inuit and the Sami ( formerly Lapps) in the Arctic; and the Tuvans of central Asia. "<ref>{{citation

As part of the "[[russification]]" of [[Central Asia]], the [[Cyrillic script]] was introduced in the late 1930s. The alphabet r ...right of this page. A slightly different version was used by the [[Jews of Central Asia]] including three extra characters for phonemes not found in the other dial

*5th Special Forces Group: Middle East, Central Asia, Horn of Africa (United States Central Command)

The '''Islamic Republic of Afghanistan''' is a country in [[Central Asia]]. Its capital is [[Kabul]]. Afghanistan is completely landlocked, sharing ...dus river system in Pakistan). The others all evaporate and run dry within central Asia. The Amu Darya forms much of the northern border line between Turkmenistan,

...a form of globalization for millennia, such as the [[Silk Road]] across [[Central Asia]] from [[East Asia]] to [[Europe]]. In some cases, corporate "pseudo-person

...f [[Panthera tigris|tigers]]. It once inhabited large parts of Western and Central Asia and eastern Russia, but is currently found only in some regions of far east Until the 19th century, Siberian tigers inhabited wide areas of Western and Central Asia. These populations were known as Caspian tigers, although it is now conside

...a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species found in parts of the Middle East, Central Asia, and especially the Indian subcontinent. It is the smallest of the Big Four ...sirah (Island), eastern [[United Arab Emirates]] and southwestern Iran. In Central Asia: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and [[Tadzikhistan]]. The type local

<tr><td>[[Bactrian camel]]</td><td>2500 BCE</td><td>[[Central Asia]]</td></tr>

...r "reach of the apples". This tree is still found wild in the mountains of Central Asia in southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and [[Xinjiang]], China.