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aneeshm
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Indore , Madhya Pradesh
Jul 2001
time: 10:52
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Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...show/869687.cms
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NEW DELHI: India's first-ever military outpost on foreign soil, located at Farkhor, about 10 km outside Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, is ready to become operational by this year-end, without any fanfare.
Reliable sources in the government say the Indian Air Force (IAF) is pressing for an early decision on a suitable aircraft to be stationed at this military base. Operational requirements stipulate at least two squadrons to be stationed there.
Logically, experts say, IAF could opt for MiG-29s that are already in its inventory and can be flown in and out of the region.
Although Indian officials are not willing to discuss the importance of the Farkhor military base, foreign analysts have noted that the acquisition of the military base in Tajikistan would certainly give the Indian armed forces a longer strategic reach.
Defence sources describe it as a "modern" military base where 95 per cent of the infrastructure is in place. The runway, the blast pans and the control tower are ready.
The Army is also into this exercise, having operated a military hospital there, basically to nurse the Northern Alliance soldiers who fought the Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan between 1997 and 2001.
It was to this hospital that Ahmed Shah Massoud, the last of the anti-Taliban resistance leader, was brought dead after Al-Qaida's emissaries, posing as TV journalists, killed him in an explosion three years ago.
The base is the outcome of considerable behind-the-scene work by the MEA, clinched after the US, which marked a big military presence in Central Asia in the wake of 9/11, preferred not to establish a base.
Work by then defence minister George Fernandes led to a bilateral agreement being signed in 2002 during then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Tajikistan.
Even before 9/11, Tajik President Emamoli Rakhmanov has been visiting India. The two countries share common security threat perceptions.
Although Russia's 82nd Motorised Division guards the Tajik border with Afghanistan, the bilateral agreement stipulates the presence of both Indian Army and IAF personnel who will also assist in warding off any threat to Tajikistan.
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What of it ?
Some analysts say that this is part of a larger Indian initiative to encircle Pakistan , and isolate it in case of war . This will also extend Indian influence to a much larger extent into the Middle East .
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Zulu Elephant
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Europeans and Americans have got about 20 years left to shape the direction of world politics. After that, we'll have to share power and influence with others.
End of an era
Can't remember where I read that, but its an interesting thought
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Zulu Elephant
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Originally posted by alva
I expect one if not several ( civil )wars to happen in that region. They haven't caught us yet. |
In Europe and America?
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Zulu Elephant
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Does anyone know how India are getting on with their application (?) to get a UN security council seat?
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