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Kyrgyzstan to shut key NATO base

Published: 04 February, 2009, 20:34


image from www.manas.afcent.af.mil

The President of Kyrgyzstan has announced that the US military will have to leave the Manas Air Base near Bishkek. The facility is central to NATO operations in Afghanistan.

 
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