Tariq Saeedi
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May 21, 2011
Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan and chairman of the AfghanHigh Peace Council, had a meeting Friday with President Berdymuhamedov of Turkmenistan. With the deadline for withdrawal of American troops in sight, it appears that the Afghan peace process is picking speed.
May 18, 2011
It appears that Turkmenistan's five-point peace formula for Afghanistan has made some considerable headway. Turkmenistan is working closely with the UN and some breakthrough could beexpected within the next few days.
March 06, 2011
Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, the long dormant project, is back to life with support from Turkmenistan. There are ecological concerns that must be addressed before putting any pipelines across the Caspian bed.
March 07, 2011
MTS, the Russian provider of cellphone and wireless Internet, has snuffed any chances of resuming its obscenely lucrative operations in Turkmenistan.
January 12, 2010
In Karachi, the business capital of Pakistan, the government is acting as land mafia, killing anyone who resists land grabbing. Nisar Baloch, a prominent educationist, is the latest victim. Baloch told the media a day before the death that the government was going to kill him.
November 15, 2009
Two new gas export pipelines of Turkmenistan will come into operation in December 2009, one going to China and the other to Iran. Together, they will break the bear hug of Russia on the economy of Turkmenistan.