Uzbek Forces on High Alart

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http://www.myafghan.com/news.asp?id=-2141450883

Uzbek Troops on High Alert

Uzbekistan has put its troops on its southern border with Afghanistan
on high alert as the United States attacks targets of Afghanistan's
Taleban government and Osama bin Laden.

One report says Uzbek civilians are being evacuated from the border
area. Russia says it has also put its troops stationed along
Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan on high alert.

Afghanistan's Taleban rulers, meanwhile, say they have sent as many
as 10,000 fighters to the Afghan-Uzbek border. The Taleban has
threatened the Uzbek government with reprisals if it helps the United
States militarily.

Uzbek President Islam Karimov has granted U.S. troops permission to
operate out of one of the country's bases for humanitarian search and
rescue missions, but not for attacks against Afghanistan.

In advance of Sunday's U.S. offensive, President Bush informed
Russian President Vladimir Putin of his intention to strike
Afghanistan.The Kremlin press office confirmed the call, but gave no
details. Following the conversation, Mr. Putin met with his defense
minister Sergei Ivanov, chief of the Russian General Staff Anatoly
Kvashnin and head of the national security service Nikolai Patrushev.

Mr. Putin has become an important supporter of the U.S.-led campaign
against terrorism, including opening Russian airspace to U.S.
deliveries of humanitarian aid. (VOA)

 
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