The body of an assailant is seen at the scene of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. A wave of gunmen and suicide bombers staged attacks in the eastern cities of Jalalabad and Gardez on Tuesday, killing at least six Afghan security officers and eight of the insurgents. Rahmat Gul / Associated PressHow Afghanistan's War Is Spilling Into Central Asia -- Time Magazine
When five militants, all Russian citizens, were shot and killed in a gun battle at a remote military checkpoint near Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan, the Tajik government was quick to label the dead as "members of an organized terrorist group." The group has not been named, but the shootings highlight the grim irony of the struggle against terrorism in Afghanistan. With the U.S. increasing military pressure in Afghanistan and Pakistan mounting security operations along its border with the country, fighters from Russia and the ex-Soviet republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia are returning home. And while that trend decreases the number of foreigners fighting American soldiers in Afghanistan, authorities fear it could export the violence into Central Asia, upsetting the fragile peace in the region's poorest republics.
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