The fate of U.S. military air base in Krygyzstan remains unclear

Friday, February 06, 2009

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    Sheep graze under a watchtower at the U.S. airbase outside of Bishkek in Kyrgzstan (Feb. 4, 2009) (Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images)

While most Americans may wonder where in the world is Kyrgyzstan, the U.S. military is very aware of it this week. The United States and NATO have longed use a base in Kyrgyzstan as a vital stopover in the supply route for their operations in Afghanistan. That may be changing though, because Russia offered the country two billion dollars in aid if Kyrgyzstan agreed to close the base. For more, we turn to the BBC's Olexiy Solohubenko.

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Olexiy Solohubenko

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