Comments on: Militants from Central Asia in Pakistan/Afghanistan http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/15/militants-from-central-asia-in-pakistanafghanistan/ American Foreign Policy Analysis in Central Asia Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Central Asia » Blog Archive » Religious Rights Vs. Religiuos Extremism http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/15/militants-from-central-asia-in-pakistanafghanistan/#comment-3274 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:04:35 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/15/militants-from-central-asia-in-pakistanafghanistan/#comment-3274 [...] This new proposed law once again brings to the forefront the continual debate between security and individual and group liberties. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan do indeed have a real security threat in radical Islamist groups and individual that threaten not only the state, but also the nation’s and region’s citizens, as I discussed last week the rising number of militants making their way to the Afghan/Pakistan border to join the insurgency from these Central Asian states. But though the governments of Tajik and Kyrg are far from the most repressive in the region, they are still far from democracies and repress their citizens’ rights, including religious. We can only hope that the legislative process in both these states is open to debate from several sectors of society and it has the best interests of all their citizens at heart. The line between trampling on a citizen’s rights and keeping them safe is a continual test of all democracies and governments, those as old as the US and those as young as these CA countries. [...] […] This new proposed law once again brings to the forefront the continual debate between security and individual and group liberties. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan do indeed have a real security threat in radical Islamist groups and individual that threaten not only the state, but also the nation’s and region’s citizens, as I discussed last week the rising number of militants making their way to the Afghan/Pakistan border to join the insurgency from these Central Asian states. But though the governments of Tajik and Kyrg are far from the most repressive in the region, they are still far from democracies and repress their citizens’ rights, including religious. We can only hope that the legislative process in both these states is open to debate from several sectors of society and it has the best interests of all their citizens at heart. The line between trampling on a citizen’s rights and keeping them safe is a continual test of all democracies and governments, those as old as the US and those as young as these CA countries. […]

]]> by: Registan.net http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/15/militants-from-central-asia-in-pakistanafghanistan/#comment-3104 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:10:10 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/15/militants-from-central-asia-in-pakistanafghanistan/#comment-3104 <strong>The Turkestani Children’s Jihad...</strong> A pair of anonymous “Middle Eastern security officials” tell CBS News that the Taliban and Al Qaeda affiliates are recruiting young boys in Central Asia. (Patrick Frost says these are US officials saying this. I’m far from convinced.)... The Turkestani Children’s Jihad…

A pair of anonymous “Middle Eastern security officials” tell CBS News that the Taliban and Al Qaeda affiliates are recruiting young boys in Central Asia. (Patrick Frost says these are US officials saying this. I’m far from convinced.)…

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