20 February 2009

Current Events: Kyrgyzstan evicts USAF –maybe.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan ordered U.S. forces on Friday to depart within six months from an air base key to military operations in Afghanistan, a move complicating plans to send more troops to battle rising Taliban and Al Qaeda violence.

A top U.S. military official said, however, that neighboring Uzbekistan had granted permission for the transit of non-lethal cargo to Afghanistan — a small victory in the hunt for new supply routes.
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