By empty (8/30/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Turkey favors a settlement in Chechnya in the framework of Russia\'s territorial integrity, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan said in an exclusive interview with Interfax on Monday ahead of President Vladimir Putin\'s visit to Turkey. \"We want a fundamental solution of the Chechen question in the framework of Russia\'s territorial integrity and constitutional system, by peaceful means and with due consideration for human rights,\" he said. \"Turkey believes that there should be no place for terrorism under any circumstances and criticizes the phenomenon at the highest level,\" Erdogan said.

By empty (8/30/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

As widely predicted, Chechen Interior Minister Major General Alu Alkhanov was elected on 29 August to succeed slain pro-Moscow leader Akhmad-hadji Kadyrov. According to preliminary returns from all polling stations, Alkhanov garnered 73.48 percent of the vote; FSB Colonel Movsur Khamidov garnered 5.

By empty (8/30/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Security has been tightened across the Afghan capital, Kabul, following Sunday\'s bomb explosion outside the offices of an American security firm. Nato-led peacekeepers say at least three Americans and three Afghans died in the blast, claimed by the Taleban. But there is confusion about the final casualty toll, with reports of several more dead including some Nepalis.