The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series, as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project, released during the past week. MEMRI REPORTS MEMRI Daily Brief No. 586 – 'The Real Problem With Having The Americans As Your Allies Is You Never Know When They Will Turn Around And Stab Themselves In The Back' – Turkish
Recent Moscow attack highlights rising extremism in Central Asia, influenced by Pakistan. Tajik Taliban seeks to establish an Islamic Emirate in Tajikistan, supported by Taliban and IMU. Central Asian states face the challenge of radical ideologies and terrorist activities.
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) member Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi alleged that there seems to be a link between the Moscow terror attack and the recent attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Shangla district, which has killed five Chinese nationals.
Russia on Tuesday (Mar 26) remanded in custody a Kyrgyzstan-born man suspected to be involved in Friday's mass shooting at a Moscow concert hall, amid concerns of torture. He is the eighth suspect to be remanded in pre-trial detention since gunmen sprayed concertgoers with bullets in the deadliest attack in Russia in two decades.
Confession tactics?
Russia claims that four of the suspects currently in detention have confessed. However, concerns are being raised about the detainees being tortured.