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Atambaev Says No Foreign Troops At Manas After 2014

U.S. soldiers stand in front of military planes at the Manans air facilities near the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.

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By RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service

February 20, 2012

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambaev has announced at a meeting with visiting U.S. State Department officials that that "no foreign troops" should remain at Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport after 2014.

The United States military pays Kyrgyzstan to use facilities at Manas, near Bishkek, as a transit center for U.S. operations in Afghanistan.

Atambaev is quoted as making the statement while meeting with a U.S. delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Susan M. Elliott on February 20.

Last week, Atambaev vowed to demand overdue fees from Moscow for Russian military assets based on Kyrgyz soil.

The Kyrgyz president is scheduled to soon have talks with the Russian leadership in Moscow.

Kyrgyzstan hosts a Russian long-distance communication center and a torpedo-testing base, among other facilities.

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by: William from: Aragon

February 21, 2012 04:20

Before the US invaded Afghanistan, the Taliban had the output of opium reduced to 128 tonnes. The latest UN report shows that after more than 10 years of US control of the country, the output is 5,000 tonnes. This volume is not being exported over the Central Asian mountains by donkey - what does this tell you?

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by: Jack from: US

February 21, 2012 13:51

that's exactly right. US government is the main drug cartel in the world. US soldiers have been ordered to guard poppy fields in Afghanistan, so that US government crooks allied with Taliban can get bigger profits from herion trade. US government controls drug trade from Colombia and Mexico. US government bombed and killed Christians in Kosovo and made an alliance with Muslim Albanian drug traffickers precisely because US government wanted to control all drug trade in Europe. And US government wants to monopolize trug trade in Afghanistan too, which is one of the reason it tries to make a peace deal with Taliban now (besides being defeated by Taliban).

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by: Rick from: milan

February 21, 2012 16:39

and that is not all !

Where is the main point in Europe for sort the Afghan drug ....?

It is kosovo ! ! !

And who is in Kosovo ? NAturally USA !

So , USA are in the main point of production

and USA are in the main point of distribution ....

If 1 + 1 is yet = 2 .....

anyway

is not a secret that U.S.

financed war in Afghanistan against USSR

selling afghan drug

by: Aibek

February 21, 2012 04:36

Once Americans leave, Russians will leave too. That is the only reason they ever came to Bishkek.

by: chin-chon-chu from: dog-eating-restaurant

February 21, 2012 09:21

what will happen in 2014 ? you are a puppet president of banana republic.