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Two multiple-target attacks in as many months have shaken Kazakhstans reputation for stability and led to fears that home-grown radicalism could be on the rise in the ex-Soviet republic. Police officers detain a man after an attack in the centre of Almaty, Kazakhstan on Monday. Reuters Some have suggested that the central Asian states faltering economy may also have had a role in the unrest. On any given evening the trendy cafes lining the leafy boulevards of economic hub Almaty teem with chatting students, creative types and business people enjoying the fruits of years of oil-fuelled economic boom. But on Monday the scene was shattered when gunmen attacked a police station and a building used by the security services, leaving six dea stanley cup d. President Nursultan Nazarbayev called it an stanley cup act of terror. On June 5, four civilians and three soldiers were killed in the western city of Aktobe when assailants attacked gun shops and tried to storm a military base in a bus they had hijacked. Read: Three policemen, civilian killed in Kazakhstan; 1 suspect detained Security forces killed 18 people suspected of involvement in the Aktobe in stanley cup cidents. Nazarbayev said the attacks had been orchestrated from abroad and carried out by followers of the non-traditional religious movement Salafism, referring to an ultra-conservative brand of Sunni Islam. Sabina Sailaubekova, a marketing specialist who witnessed Mondays attack in Almaty, told AFP: I never thought something like that wo Xdig Shiites procession attack toll jumps to 65
Five high-ranking officials from Iraqi President Jalal Talab adidas samba ani s Kurdish party resigned on Saturday, citing differences over how to tackle corruption, a political official told AFP. HT Image Kosrat Rassoul, assistant general secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK , resigned along with four members of the political office after internal differences, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Rassoul is also vice-president of the Kurdistan region. Questions over how to fight corruption and improve democracy in both the regional government and the PUK appeared to be among the issues that triggered the resignations, the official said. The Kurd region, which operates autonomously from Baghdad and benefited from the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait in the form of US military protection, enacts its own laws and has its own police fo adidas campus rce. The area has since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq enjoyed better security than the rest of the country, allowin stanley cup g it to attract foreign investment. Its three provinces -- Arbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniyah -- are ruled with an iron fist by Talabani s PUK and the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by regional president Massud Barzani. However smaller, rival political parties have accused the PUK and Barzani s party of accepting bribes to push through lucrative contracts. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics |
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