CENTRAL ASIA

Afghanistan

    Radio Voice of Shari'a of Takhar Province 
        Organization: Taliban, an extremist Sunni Muslim group supported by Pakistan and funded by Saudi
                sympathizers and the United Arab Emirates.
        Broadcasts from: Taloqan, Takhar Province, Afghanistan.  Previously run by the Jamiat-e-Islami
                (Rabanni party supported by Iran) as Radio Afghanistan against the Taliban.
        Languages: Pashto, Dari, Urdu, Hindi, Englilsh, Arabic
        Idenitification: (Arabic) Radio Sedaye Shari'a
                              (Pashto)  Inja Afghanistan
        Active Since: August 10, 1998
        Contact Address
        Monitored
            Aug 98:  1504-1600   7199.5v kHz  Pashto & Dari
                          1600-1630   7199.5v kHz  Urdu
                          1630-1645   7199.5v kHz  Hindi
                          1645-1700   7199.5v kHz  English
                          1700-1715   7199.5v kHz  Arabic
                          1715-1840* 7199.5v kHz  Pashto & Dari
                                (Timofeyev-Russia via WOR via CDX 203)
                         1307-1327*  7085 kHz  (Timofeyev-Russia via DXW via CDX 206)
            Sep 98: 1525-1630  7196 kHz  (Vaghjee-Mauritius via NU 1491)
            Oct 98: 1230-1330/45v  7084v kHz  (Weerakoon-Sri Lanka via CRW 15)
                        1331-1344*  7085 kHz  (Timofeyev-RUS via DXW 133)

    Voice of Shari'a (Voice of Islamic Law) 
        Organization: Taliban, an extremist Sunni Muslim group supported by Pakistan and funded by Saudi
                sympathizers and the United Arab Emirates.
        Broadcasts from: Kandahar, Afghanistan
        Languages: Dari, Pashto, English
        Identification: (Dari) Inja Afgahnistan, Kabul. Seda-ye Shariah
                                (Pashto) Da Afgahnistan, Kabul. Bis Shariah
                                (English) This is Voice of Shariah, broadcasting from Kabul
        Active Since: 1995. The Taliban currently control 2/3 of the country, including the capitol.  However,
                the Taliban are not recognized by the international community and are denied by the United
                Nations to hold the nation's seat.
        Contact Address
            Taliban Office Phone Numbers:
                042-669-087  (Lahore, Pakistan - Dari spoken)
                081-822-422  (Taliban HQ, Kandahar, Afghanistan - Pashto spoken)
        Related Website
            Afghanistan Today
        Monitored
            1995: 0300-0415 7000v kHz (BBCM via CRBweb)
            Nov 96: 0130-0330 (Fridays 0330-0800) 7200, 1278, 1107 kHz
                         1330-1600 7200, 1278, 1107 kHz (BBCM via DXW 37)
            Dec 96: 0136-0214+ 7200 kHz (Rooy, NETH via DXW 44)
            Sep 97: *0230-0345*  7200 kHz  (BBCM via MT Radio News)
            Jan 98:  *1325  7200v kHz  (Weerakon, SRI via CDX 172)
            Oct 98:  0212-0355*  7199v kHz  (Timofeyev-RUS via DXW 133)
                          1645-1705  7198.9v kHz  (Korinek-South Africa via NU 1495)
            Nov 98:  0130-0355 Sat-Thu  4775v, 7200v kHz
                           0330-0800  Fri     4775v, 7200v kHz
                           1230-1745  daily   4775v, 7200v kHz (BBCM via NU 1500)
            Dec 98: 1430-1700  4782v kHz  Pashto
                          1700-1730  4782v kHz  English
                          1730-1745*  4782v kHz  Dari  (Hasebe-Japan via CDX 218)


Azerbaijan

    Voice of Justice (from the Republic of Mountainous Karabakh) 
  
        Organization: Financed by local businessmen to calm down the conflict with
            Azerbaijan and to work towards a peace agreement, according to a response sent
            to DX'er Harald Kuhl.  Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Muslim Azerbaijan populated by ethic
            Armenian-Christains, has been the heart of a 10-year war between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
        Broadcasts from: Stepanakert, Nagorono-Karabakh (which seceded from Azerbaijan in 1996)
        Languages: Azeri, Russian
        Identification:
        Active Since: August 12, 1997
        Contact Address
            Independent Radiostation Voice of Justice, Tigran Meds-Str. 23 A,
                Stepanakert, Republic of Mountainous Karabakh, via Armenia
                verification signer: Mr. Lewon Hajrapetjan, Station Director
        Related Websites
            ASBAR News Agency
            "Bloody Road to Ballot Box," Montreal Gazette Dec 28, 1996
            "No War, No Peace: Conflict in Caucasus Lingers," Montreal Gazette Dec 30, 1996
            Forgotten Crises: Caucasus
            "U.S. Policy in the Caucasus..." Foreign Policy Study by the Heritage Foundation
            Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azeri-Armenian Conflict (1988-94)
            Iran's Role as Mediator in the Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis
        Monitored
            Sep 97: 1500-1600  9677v kHz (Kuhl, GER via DXW 83)
            Jan 98:  0600-0630  9677v kHz  Wed & Fri
                         1500-1530  9677v kHz  Tues & Fri  (Direct via Kuhl, GER via CDX 174)
                         0600-0630  9677.08v kHz  with bad audio, low power & drifting transmitter
                                                        (Titarev, UKR via NU 1458)
            Mar 98:  0600-0630+  9677v (Titarev, UKR via NU 1466)
            Apr 98:  0200-0300  4040 kHz  Possible
                          1600-1900  4040 kHz  Possible (PanIview, BUL via BCDX 362)
            Dec 98: *0600-0630*  Wed, Sat  9677.7 kHz
                          *0730-0800*  Wed, Sat  9677.7 kHz  (Titarev-Ukraine via DXW 143)

Bangladesh

    ?
        Organization: Supports the Jamaat-e-Islami party and Maulana Sayedee politician.
        Broadcasts from: Bangladesh
        Languages: Bengali
        Idenitification:
        Active Since: 1998?
        Contact Address
        Monitored
            Oct 98:  FM band  (SCMP via Tidy-UK via CRW 16)


Georgia

    Voice of Abkhazia 
        Organization: Abkhazian de facto government to promote independence from Georgia.
        Broadcasts from: Sukhumi, Abkhazia with 5kW
        Languages: Abkhaz, Russian, Georgian
        Identification: (Russian) Govorit Sukhumi... Radioya Television da Republiske Abkhazia
        Active Since: April 4, 1992
        Contact Address
            Yury Kutarba, Deputy General Director, Abkhaz State Radio & TV Co., Aidgylara Street 34,
                Sukhumi 384900, Republic of Abkhazia, via Russia
                    Phone: 24867, & 25321 Fax: 21144
        Related Website
            QSL Image and Historical Summary
            "Political Turmoil in Georgia..."  Choose section "2" to retrieve article.
            Abkhazia.Org Promoting Abkhazian sovereignty.
            "U.S. Policy in the Caucasus..." Foreign Policy Study by the Heritage Foundation
        Monitored
            Jul 98:  *0330-0353+  9489.7v kHz  (Maroti-USA via CDX 194)
                         0430-0500  Russian  9489.74 kHz  (Bueschel-Germany via BCDX 369)
                       *0327+  9489.75 kHz  (Rippel-USA via NU 1483)
                         0329-0441  9489.7 kHz
                         1359-1511  9489.7 kHz  (Timofeyev-Russia via DXW 123)
            Sep 98: *0325-0415  9489.75 kHz  (Clark-Canada via BCDX 380)
            Oct 98: *0326-0347+  9489.75 kHz  (D'Angelo-USA & Ward-New Zealand
                                                                          via NU 1496)
            Nov 98: 0329+  9489.7 kHz  (Nigro-Uruguay via NU 1500)

Kashmir

    Voice of Independent Kashmir
        Organization: Kashmiri Mojahedin, backed by Pakistan against Indian occupation of Kashmir
        Broadcasts from: Pakistan with possibly 10 kW
        Languages: Urdu, Kashmiri, English
        Identification: (Urdu) Ni sera-i hurriyat-i Kashmir hai
        Active Since: February 1991
        Contact Address
            P.O.Box 102, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
        Related Website
            Kashmir WebPage
        Monitored
            Nov 94: 1530-1630 4100 kHz (Mekhonoshin, RUS via NASWA Jan 95)
            Feb 95: 0230-0330 5750 AM, 5300/6300 USB kHz (DXPL)
            Sep 96: 1630-1730* 4115, 6300 kHz (Goonetilleke, SLK via Cumbre DX 106)
            Feb 97: 0230-0430 5750 kHz
                         1530-1730 4115, 5300, 6300 kHz (Weerakon, SLK via DXW 50)
                         0230-0430 5300, 5750, 6300 kHz Urdu
                         0830-0930 5300, 6300 kHz Urdu
                         1530-1730 4116, 5300, 6300 kHz Kashmiri (BBCM via Cumbre 126)
            Apr 97: 1645+  4116 // 5300 kHz  (Krone, FIN via DXW 62)
            Apr 98: 1705-1729*  6300 kHz USB  (Vaghjee, MAUR via NU 1469)
                         *1530-1730*  6300 kHz USB
                          Nothing at 0230 on 5300 or 5750 kHz  (Weerakoon, SRI)
            Aug 98: *1530-1730*  3835, 5300, 6300 kHz  (Mekhonoshin-Russia via CSC 8/98 via CRW 10)
            Oct 98:  0104-0118+  3663.5, 4790.4 kHz  (Hill-USA via NU 1496)
            Dec 98:  0243+  5300 kHz  (van Rooy-Germany via DXW 144)


Sri Lanka

    Voice of the Tigers
 
        Organization: Liberation Tigers of Tamil-Eelam (LTTE)
        Broadcasts from: Sri Lanka.  "The transmitter seems to be about 5 kW possibly located
            in the rebel base in Mullaitivu jungle in Sri Lanka's north eastern province."  (Sarath
            Weerakoon, BCDX 398)
        Languages: Tamil, Sinhala (Coming)
        Idenitification:
        Active Since: 1991 on FM, December 1998 on SW
        Contact Address
        Related Website
            Eelamweb Radio
            Eelamweb
            Tamil News
            IBC Tamil Radio (non-partisan and shortwave)
        Monitored
            Dec 98:  0100-0130  7460 kHz  (TamilNet via BBCM via CRW 20)
                           0100-0230  7460 kHz  (Weerakoon-Sri Lanka via BCDX 398)