Asia 747
355 BULGARIA/705 KAZAKHSTANMID#4086
Dispute Number: 4086
Date(s): January 23, 1996
Participants: 705 Kazakhstan/355 Bulgaria
Outcome (and Settlement): Released (Imposed)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: The Kazakh air force intercepted and forced a Bulgarian plane to land in
Kazakhstan. The plane was carrying weapons for the Kabul administration. Bulgaria
protested the incident to the government of Kazakhstan, but the inspection of the plane
revealed that it was carrying several hundred boxes of antitank grenades that were
described as technology equipment in the plane’s documents. The cargo was seized,
criminal charges were placed, and the plane was returned to its owner.
365 RUSSIA/700 AFGHANISTAN
MID#1779
Dispute Number: 1779
Date(s): April 1, 1922 to July 29, 1922
Participants: 700 Afghanistan/365 Russia
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side A (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: In the aftermath of World War I, Great Britain and the Soviet Union
began to compete over spheres of influence in Central Asia. Great Britain was able
to convince the Islamic states that Islam was in danger since the fall of the Ottoman
Empire, and the Soviet Union was struggling to put down pro-Czarist uprisings in
these areas. During this time, Afghanistan was involved in its own struggle to create
a confederation of Muslim states. In order to do this, the Afghan government enlisted
the cooperation of Great Britain and asked the government to publicly recognize the
independence of Bukhara and Khiva so that Afghanistan could demand the with-
drawal of Bolshevik troops from those areas.
The British government was less than willing to cooperate, but Afghanistan
continued with its plans anyway, directing a buildup of forces facing Kushk. In an
immediate response to this, the Soviet government began to hold up promised mon-
etary and military supplies to Afghanistan, previously promised in the Russo-Afghan
treaty. The next month, in June 1922, the Soviet government protested this buildup of
forces and the underlying intentions of Afghanistan and issued a series of ultimatums.
Afghanistan was forced to yield to the Soviet’s demands and gave a declaration of
noninterference in the uprisings in Bukhara on July 29, 1922.
MID#1781
Dispute Number: 1781
Date(s): December 18, 1925 to February 28, 1926