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Was this an pre-existing military base (perhaps dating from the Soviet era), or was it built by India?-- Pharos 19:15, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
Can this be truly called "overseas," as there is no intervening body of saltwater? Joe
I was wondering if the article needs the former pm's photo? User:prashanthns
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 17:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Please note that the coordinates in this article need fixing as: coordinates show area not described in the article.*
To the best of my understanding, the Farkhor Air Base is on the southern border of Tajikistan, "130 km south-east of Dushanbe". The Ayni Air Base is in the suburbs of Dushanbe, just 10 km west or south-west of the capital. If I am right, the two should be disentangled into separate articles. Can anyone help? -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:03, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
The coordinates need the following fixes:
Current coordinates per google maps is +37° 28' 25.56", +69° 23' 9.43"
Nikhilgr (
talk) 03:49, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Done. BrainMarble ( talk) 01:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
This article is completely false and is based solely on speculation of Indian media. Tajik officials have repeated denied existence of any Indian millitary base in Tajikistan. I will edit the article, please do not remove my edits.
Below is a link to an article in main Tajik news agency, AsiaPlus, with quotes form Tajik officals denying reports about Indian military bases in Tajikistan:
http://www.asiaplus.tj/articles/36/1049.html
Also, here is a link to article in a Western information and analytical resource on Eurasia, EurasiaNet, explaining why Indian attempts to establish military presence in Tajikistan have failed so far:
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/61503
Morover, India has never been a "major donor" of Tajikistan. Main donors of Tajikistan have been Russia, China, Iran, USA and EU:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html#Economy
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Tajikistan.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Tajikistan#Foreign_economic_relations —Preceding unsigned comment added by Behruzhimo ( talk • contribs) 06:59, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
I made a quick search on the subject to see what I could find, and found that there's been lots of speculations, hopes and plans, but there's still no operating Indian Air Force base in Tajikistan. And the main reason for that is that Russia won't allow it. For recent sources see
Russia Beyond: "All these years the Indians have run into the Russian wall as Moscow has been unrelenting in its stand that it doesn’t want foreign powers to deploy fighter aircraft in its backyard and a former territory. The Russians have thus far steadfastly refused to grant this favour to its age-old strategic partner – India"
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Mail Online India: "India refurbished the base in 2007 but could not base fighters and helicopters there because of Russian pressure"
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The Diplomat: "There are no reports of Indian combat aircraft having ever been stationed at the base.” India forked out millions renovating the base at Ayni, only to be blocked from moving in by the Russians"
. Or to sum things up: there is no Indian air base in Tajikistan, has never been any, and most probably won't be any either.- Tom |
Thomas.W
talk 21:30, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, India operated a military hospital at the Farkhor air base, near the Afghan border, providing care to Northern Alliance fighters. In 2002, India reportedly flew cargo out of Farkhor, with Russian permission, but there never was any evidence — aside from rumors — of an Indian air force presence. When NATO established the ISAF mission, India closed the hospital at Farkhor. There’s not much there anymore.Clearly, in view of this and the excerpts above, there is no conclusive evidence of a presence. Given the content was reinstated without explanation in 2019, I concur restoring the last proper version and not reinstating the material on the basis of lack of evidence. Mar4d ( talk) 13:30, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Dear Mztourist I have removed the category about being a former Soviet military air base as I have seen the questions dating back to 2005 at the top of this page saying no-one could find evidence of Soviet use; checked www.ww2.dk/new/ which appears to show that there were only Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiments of the PVO in Tajikistan; and checked the Russian version of the article which only starts from 2005. Buckshot06 (talk) 00:14, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
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Did you know column on 7 October 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:
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Was this an pre-existing military base (perhaps dating from the Soviet era), or was it built by India?-- Pharos 19:15, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
Can this be truly called "overseas," as there is no intervening body of saltwater? Joe
I was wondering if the article needs the former pm's photo? User:prashanthns
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 17:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Please note that the coordinates in this article need fixing as: coordinates show area not described in the article.*
To the best of my understanding, the Farkhor Air Base is on the southern border of Tajikistan, "130 km south-east of Dushanbe". The Ayni Air Base is in the suburbs of Dushanbe, just 10 km west or south-west of the capital. If I am right, the two should be disentangled into separate articles. Can anyone help? -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:03, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
The coordinates need the following fixes:
Current coordinates per google maps is +37° 28' 25.56", +69° 23' 9.43"
Nikhilgr (
talk) 03:49, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Done. BrainMarble ( talk) 01:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
This article is completely false and is based solely on speculation of Indian media. Tajik officials have repeated denied existence of any Indian millitary base in Tajikistan. I will edit the article, please do not remove my edits.
Below is a link to an article in main Tajik news agency, AsiaPlus, with quotes form Tajik officals denying reports about Indian military bases in Tajikistan:
http://www.asiaplus.tj/articles/36/1049.html
Also, here is a link to article in a Western information and analytical resource on Eurasia, EurasiaNet, explaining why Indian attempts to establish military presence in Tajikistan have failed so far:
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/61503
Morover, India has never been a "major donor" of Tajikistan. Main donors of Tajikistan have been Russia, China, Iran, USA and EU:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html#Economy
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Tajikistan.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Tajikistan#Foreign_economic_relations —Preceding unsigned comment added by Behruzhimo ( talk • contribs) 06:59, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
I made a quick search on the subject to see what I could find, and found that there's been lots of speculations, hopes and plans, but there's still no operating Indian Air Force base in Tajikistan. And the main reason for that is that Russia won't allow it. For recent sources see
Russia Beyond: "All these years the Indians have run into the Russian wall as Moscow has been unrelenting in its stand that it doesn’t want foreign powers to deploy fighter aircraft in its backyard and a former territory. The Russians have thus far steadfastly refused to grant this favour to its age-old strategic partner – India"
;
Mail Online India: "India refurbished the base in 2007 but could not base fighters and helicopters there because of Russian pressure"
;
The Diplomat: "There are no reports of Indian combat aircraft having ever been stationed at the base.” India forked out millions renovating the base at Ayni, only to be blocked from moving in by the Russians"
. Or to sum things up: there is no Indian air base in Tajikistan, has never been any, and most probably won't be any either.- Tom |
Thomas.W
talk 21:30, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, India operated a military hospital at the Farkhor air base, near the Afghan border, providing care to Northern Alliance fighters. In 2002, India reportedly flew cargo out of Farkhor, with Russian permission, but there never was any evidence — aside from rumors — of an Indian air force presence. When NATO established the ISAF mission, India closed the hospital at Farkhor. There’s not much there anymore.Clearly, in view of this and the excerpts above, there is no conclusive evidence of a presence. Given the content was reinstated without explanation in 2019, I concur restoring the last proper version and not reinstating the material on the basis of lack of evidence. Mar4d ( talk) 13:30, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Dear Mztourist I have removed the category about being a former Soviet military air base as I have seen the questions dating back to 2005 at the top of this page saying no-one could find evidence of Soviet use; checked www.ww2.dk/new/ which appears to show that there were only Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiments of the PVO in Tajikistan; and checked the Russian version of the article which only starts from 2005. Buckshot06 (talk) 00:14, 14 October 2023 (UTC)