Central Asia: September 16, 2001

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Tajikstan says it will not allow American troops to launch attacks on Afghanistan from Tajik territory. The reason is that about a quarter of the Afghan population is Tajik and some of those Tajiks would be injured during any such US operations. Such attacks would also drive many (perhaps millions) of refugees into Tajikistan, and the Tajiks don't want to deal with that. 

 

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