Uzbekistan “6+3″ Afghanistan Proposal Deserves Washington’s Attention

On 14 October the Atlantic Council hosted an extraordinary event, a “Roundtable on Providing Security and Stability in Afghanistan: Uzbekistan’s View” as part of its Eurasia Discussion Series. Tashkent deployed its top diplomats to the event, including former ambassadors to the U.S. Abdulaziz Kamilov, now First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Sodiq Safaev, currently Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rounding out the trio was Dr. Doniyor Kurbanov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies. Their mission? To explain to Washington’s elite Uzbekistan’s “6+3″ proposal for peace in Afghanistan. As Operation Enduring Freedom enters its tenth year with no clear “victory” in sight, their message represents the international… . . . → Full Story: Uzbekistan “6+3″ Afghanistan Proposal Deserves Washington’s Attention