Hmm. Hearing some speculation that the planned second Russian base in Osh, Kyrgyzstan may be more intended to fight militants and therefore instability and/or drug trafficking in Central Asia, especially the Ferghana Valley, which has uncertain, interlaced borders, as Turkic militants of various kinds may have been pushed out of the Pakistani tribal areas by the recent military campaign there.
Most media speculation has it that the base is simply to counter the US presence there at a small base supporting US forces in Afghanistan. Could it be both? Or is it really more the former?
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