Daily Memo: Militants Relocate to Afghanistan, US Accuses China of Equipping Houthis

Fresh from toppling Syria's regime, militants are reportedly eyeing Uzbekistan and Tajikistan next.

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Domino theory. Some fighters from a Uyghur militant group who helped overthrow the Syrian regime reportedly relocated to Afghanistan and have settled in Panjshir province, near the Uzbek and Tajik borders. The militants are members of the Turkistan Islamic Party (also known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement), which is banned across Central Asia and […]

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