Terrorism Remains A Significant Threat To The Five Central Asian Countries – Analysis

By Kung Chan and Zhou Chao

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there has been a wave of terrorism in the five Central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. In February 1999, extremist forces attempted to assassinate Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, with six bombs...