Around the Region

UNIPATH STAFF A reform of Uzbekistan law enforcement agencies that emerged in April 2017 has started bearing fruit. A recently created Department of International Cooperation under the Uzbek Ministry of Interior has successfully launched…

UNIPATH STAFF As part of U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Joseph L. Votel’s annual Central and South Asia (CASA) Chiefs of Defense conference, defense chiefs from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asian countries gathered in Kabul in…

UNIPATH STAFF Soldiers with Qatar Joint Special Forces (QJSF) completed training in January 2018 on how to incorporate artillery and air power into their missions to defeat numerically larger opponents. Thirteen officers and enlisted…

SALTANAT BERDIKEEVA Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan began a new chapter in their relations after holding discussions to boost trade and military cooperation. The two neighbors signed a road map on cooperation in December 2017 that covers…

UNIPATH STAFF Omani and U.S. Army troops successfully launched a simulated attack on Oman’s southern coast in January 2018 in what is expected to be part of a series of bilateral exercises between the two countries. Exercise Inferno…

UNIPATH STAFF Kuwait hosted visits by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel in December 2017 amid continued cooperation between U.S. and Kuwaiti military units on the ground.…

UNIPATH STAFF The Saudi Royal Land Forces and the Pakistan Army conducted three weeks of training in October 2017 called Al-Samsam 6. The exercise featured live ammunition, aerial assaults, dealing with improvised explosive devices,…

UNIPATH STAFF Kazakhstan is taking the fight against terrorism to the Caspian Sea, opening a coastal naval headquarters that will coordinate and conduct military operations against potential threats to shipping and oil and gas…

UNIPATH STAFF In yet another effort to improve combat readiness of its Armed Forces, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the Iron Union 5 military exercise with U.S. partners at the Al Hamra Training Center. Maj. Gen. Saleh al-Amiri,…

UNIPATH STAFF Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev committed his country to better military and economic relations with Afghanistan during a December 2017 visit by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. The countries reached agreements on…