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Christian Hale
ChristianHale84
1. Within 48 hours Tajikistan secured a decisive 1st round "military" victory against Kyrgyzstan. And the Kyrgyz likely do not want to start a 2nd round. An inept new Kyrgyz
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Dr. Michael Wingert
MikeWingert
The Aramaic (Syriac) word of the day is: ܓܗܐ(gāhā), "time, ornate room/bridal chamber" pronounced "goho" (West Syriac). From Pahlavi (Middle Persian) گاه (gâh). Seen it more in modern speech than
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Bermet Talant
ser_ou_parecer
Hoping for de-escalation of the latest outbreak of violence on Kyrgyz-Tajik border. Two states share 100s of kilometers of disputed border. Sadly, this is not the first time clashes between
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उम्मीद + أُمِّيدْ + امید
OmidFarz
It's astounding 2 think about how the "Uyghur" ethnicity was invented by the Soviet Union in the early 20th century as part of a ploy4western China2join the Soviet Union as
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Tara Deshpande
Tara_Deshpande
While in Uzbekistan I was most curious about 3 items- plov or pulao, somsa or samosa and kebabs and their link to the Indian versions. Here at a Bukhara tea
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
BiruniKhorasan
Herat, Afghanistan. People of Herat. People of Herat.Pic taken by Osman Khayyam. People of Herat: An elderly man in his plastic selling shop. Photo by Morteza Herati. People of Herat:
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Fuad Alakbarov
DrAlakbarov
Thread. Gerrymandering (Soviet style)Before the Soviet period, there were no national borders between the peoples of Central Asia, and identity was defined by religion, family, clan and place. The Soviet
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Peter Leonard
Peter__Leonard
Thread: Central Asian presidential family pop in order of awesomeness (this word used in its former acception of a “quality of being impressive or remarkable, esp. dauntingly so”).Turkmen leader and
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Sāmapriya Vasu | ḫa-am-ap-ri-a-ma-u-iš
samopriya
Ishkashimi verb of the day!#Ishkashimi кьл- kəl- [kɘ̟l- ~ kɘ̟ɭ-] ('kill, cut') < Proto-Iranian *kau̯s- ('kill, fight') < Proto-Indo-European *keu̯h₂-(s-) ('strike, hit, pinch, nibble at, ...')The v
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Rajiv Malhotra
RajivMessage
GAME CHANGER! China hiring large numbers of Gurkhas from Nepal to create several mountain divisions for Chinese army. Gurkhas are great for mountain warfare where Chinese are weak. Will be
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⚔️ 🏴 Tayyab Baloch 🇵🇰 ☪️
tayyab_zarar
Hey Idiot! Now listen, the number of Balochs that are settled in South Punjab and Sindh is almost double compared to the entire Balochistan. For example, Laghari, Khosa, Chandio, Mazari,
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उम्मीद + أُمِّيدْ + امید
OmidFarz
About every month there's an attack on the Shia communities in Afghanistan and Pakistan, meanwhile no Shia has ever put on a suicide vest and walked into a Sunni mosque.
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🇦🇫Afghanistan Fact Checks🔎
AfgFactChecks
Under the pretaxt of "Afghan Historian" @mariamamini and her gang of Taliban sympathizers want to suppress the voice of Hazara (uzbek and tajik) communities who seek justice for the #MazarMassacre.
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Kevork Oskanian
DrKevorkO
Just for the fun of it, I'm putting the relevant verses in a thread below. Enjoy.https://twitter.com/drkevorko/status/1273897952315129857 Armenian SSR:«Great Russia extended to us the hand of friendship,We created a strong new
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سرگردان 🇦🇫🇹🇯🇮🇷🇹🇲🇺🇿
Sirgardan
Myths About Afghanistan: A Thread .Some of these are bitter facts and hard to accept but after decades of bloodshed and violence it is time to call spade a spade
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Fidato
tequieremos
“Some astonishing facts about Afghan National Forces”By October 2012, the Afghan Security Forces had a strength of 352,000. The Afghans claimed that it would cost $6 billion a year to
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