Word: khanabad
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...conditions of an estimated 7,000 people" over the past decade. Most of those arrested were allegedly HUT members. In many respects, the attacks were not aimed at classic al-Qaeda targets, adding to the skepticism over the government's claims. The attackers ignored American installations, like the Karshi-Khanabad air base that supports U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and passed over the U.S. embassy. And these assaults were not directed at civilians but specifically focused on Uzbekistan's police force, which is deeply unpopular due to its alleged corruption and brutality. Western diplomats and independent Uzbek observers...
Nearly a month later, on Oct. 7, the day U.S. warplanes began bombing Afghanistan, Perez and 1,000 fellow soldiers left Fort Drum for a Soviet-era air base outside the town of Khanabad, Uzbekistan, 90 miles north of the Afghan frontier. Their mission was simple but dull: Secure the airfield. "God, this can't go on for six months," Perez said to himself during one of his 12-hour shifts patrolling the earthen berms that encircle the base. "Something's got to happen...
...soldiers who will do it?generally need bases nearer to the action. So far, the U.S. has made more headway than expected; last week Washington signed a forces agreement with Uzbekistan allowing for the long-term stationing of American troops and aircraft in the Central Asian country. Khanabad, an air base 125 miles north of the Afghan border, has become the staging-post for U.S. forces in the region. More than 2,000 members of the 10th Mountain Division are based there, and American and British special forces have used it as a jumping-off point for missions...
...signed a military cooperation agreement with Moscow last year but refuses to allow Russian troops on Uzbek territory. Now, in a precarious balancing act, it has embraced a new ally: late last week the U.S. and Uzbekistan announced they had signed an agreement giving the U.S. "extended" use of Khanabad, the biggest air base in Central Asia and once the main staging post for the Soviet Union's push into Afghanistan...
...Some 250 km northwest of Termez on the road to Samarkand lies the Khanabad air base, a symbol of Moscow's failure and Washington's hopes. NATO sources say it is now home to up to 2,000 U.S. soldiers, including crack Mountain Division platoons, as well as an unspecified number of British special forces. There are regular incoming flights of heavy U.S. cargo carriers each day, and Apache attack helicopters and fixed-wing airplanes patrol the skies. The base is sealed with tight security?an outer ring of Uzbek police, an inner ring of military police, plus U.S. security...