Central Asian

Besides these hitherto unknown forms of Prâkrit, Central Asia has astonished the learned world with two new languages, both written in a special variety of the Brahmi alphabet called Central Asian Gupta.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

The term Pakistan is an acronym patterned on place names used in Central Asia, names that were brought to India by rulers of Central Asian origin who eventually merged or became an integral part of India.

Aparna Pande: Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes! Aparna Pande 2011

If the U.S. took advantage of a power vacuum in Afghanistan and installed Pershings there, the Soviet Union's Central Asian assets would be threatened.

Moscow vs. the Mujahideen Brian M. Downing 2011

Under Plan B, Afghanistan would need to stronger ties with India, Russia, Central Asian states, and possibly Iran.

Gameplans for Afghanistan 2011

U.S. warplanes would operate from a base in another Central Asian country, from where they could support Afghanistan military operations, when necessary, as would a fleet of predator drones under the control of the CIA station in Kabul.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

Militant Uighurs have for decades been fighting a low-level insurgency to gain independence for lightly populated but resource-rich Xinjiang, which borders Pakistan, Afghanistan and several unstable Central Asian states.

China: Attacks thwarted in Xinjiang 2011

During last week's International Cotton and Textile Fair in the Central Asian country's capital Tashkent, not a single Western buyer signed a contract for Uzbekistan's cotton, the government cotton-marketing agent Uztsentrimpex said Wednesday.

Western Buyers Boycott Uzbekistan's Cotton Neena Rai 2011

The term Pakistan is an acronym patterned on place names used in Central Asia, names that were brought to India by rulers of Central Asian origin who eventually merged or became an integral part of India.

Aparna Pande: Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes! Aparna Pande 2011

Militant Uighurs have for decades been fighting a low-level insurgency to gain independence for lightly populated but resource-rich Xinjiang, which borders Pakistan, Afghanistan and several unstable Central Asian states.

China: Attacks thwarted in Xinjiang 2011

U.S. warplanes would operate from a base in another Central Asian country, from where they could support Afghanistan military operations, when necessary, as would a fleet of predator drones under the control of the CIA station in Kabul.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011