Deirdre Tynan

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• Afghanistan: The Pressure is Now on Central Asian Supply Route

  Published 08 December 2011 | viewed 5,520 times

  The Northern Distribution Network, the key re-supply route for US and NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan, is set to experience a spike in traffic due…

• Tax Dispute Over Fuel Supplies at Manas Could Impede the Afghanistan War Effort

  Published 19 January 2011 | viewed 6,182 times

  A new tax dispute over fuel supplies at a strategically important air base in Kyrgyzstan is looming. US diplomats are concerned that potential wrangling could…

• Pentagon Put on the Spot over Manas Fuel Supply Deception

  Published 24 December 2010 | viewed 13,151 times

  A scheme to deceive Russia about the purpose of jet fuel purchases, carried out by Mina Corp and Red Star Enterprises, the two main fuel…

• Manas Fuel Supplier Accuses Kyrgyz Authorities

  Published 22 December 2010 | viewed 5,977 times

  Mina Corp, the holder of a lucrative fuel-supply contract for the strategically important Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan, has accused Kyrgyz authorities of attempting to…

• The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline Looks Set to go Ahead

  Published 16 December 2010 | viewed 8,045 times

  Insurgency? What insurgency? Setting aside concerns about Islamic militants, the presidents of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, along with India’s petroleum minister, Murli Deora, have signed an…

• Is the Kyrgyz Government About to put the Brakes on the Pentagon Fuel Contract

  Published 10 November 2010 | viewed 4,724 times

  It seems the $315 million contract awarded by the Pentagon to a controversial and secretive fuel-supplier is only part of the story about future operations…

• Pentagon Fuel Supply Agreement Could Strain Relationship With Kyrgyzstan

  Published 05 November 2010 | viewed 5,009 times

  In a move that could strain Washington’s relationship with Kyrgyzstan, a key Central Asian ally, the Pentagon opted November 3 to award a new fuel-supply…

• Gazprom to Supply Fuel to the Manas Transit Center

  Published 26 October 2010 | viewed 9,862 times

  Representatives of the Russian energy giant Gazprom confirm that the company is poised to participate in a joint venture to supply fuel to the US-run…

• Russias Growing Anger over Afghanistans Growing Drug Output

  Published 18 October 2010 | viewed 6,347 times

  Russian frustration is rising with NATO’s “incomprehensible passivity” in efforts to contain Afghanistan’s growing drugs output. It has reached a point where some politicians in…

• US and Kyrgyzstan Wrangling Over Fuel Supply Offer for Access to Manas

  Published 15 October 2010 | viewed 4,613 times

  As talks to shape Kyrgyzstan’s next government get underway, the United States has fashioned a compromise fuel-supply arrangement that US officials hope will ensure American…

• Gazprom shunned by Washington in Kyrgyzstan

  Published 01 October 2010 | viewed 6,415 times

  It appears that the US is resolved to sticking with a competitive tender plan to cover future fuel supplies at the Manas Transit Center in…