TADJIKISTAN - Oct.26 - CIS Defence Ministers Meet On Taliban's Advance.The CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S defence ministers meet in Dushambe and discuss the steady advance of Taliban forces in northern Afghanistan towards the borders of this country and its Central Asian neighbours. At the same time, Russian Defence Minister Igor Sergeyev Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Сергеев meets with Afghan military commander Ahmad Shah Masoud Noun 1. Ahmad Shah Masoud - Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001) Masoud , who heads a coalition of forces fighting against the Taliban. The talks centre on measures to pre-empt pre·empt or pre-empt v. pre·empt·ed, pre·empt·ing, pre·empts v.tr. 1. To appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others. See Synonyms at appropriate. 2. a. Taliban's advance to any of the Central Asian states, with Russian troops on the Tadjik-Afghan borders to be reinforced. Later the Taliban, ruling in Kabul, warned that they will cause the Russians a great deal of touble because of the Masoud-Sergeyev meeting. |
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