▁the ▁Kar sh i - K han abad ▁air base ▁in ▁southern ▁U z bek istan , ▁which ▁borders ▁Afghan istan . ▁The ▁American ▁base ▁there ▁was ▁called ▁" C amp ▁Str ong hold ▁Fre edom ," ▁yet ▁was ▁more ▁often ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" K 2 ▁Air base " ▁by ▁the ▁personnel ▁in ▁the ater . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁military ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁suppress ing ▁un rest ▁in ▁the ▁Fer gh ana ▁Valley ▁city ▁of ▁And ij an , ▁which ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁And ij an ▁mass acre . ▁Con sequently , ▁the ▁EU ▁b anned ▁arms ▁sales ▁and ▁im posed ▁a ▁one - year ▁vis a ▁ban ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁senior ▁officials , ▁including ▁the ▁security ▁chief ▁and ▁interior ▁and ▁defence ▁minister s , ▁acc using ▁them ▁of ▁bearing ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁kill ings . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁incident , ▁President ▁Kar im ov ▁dismiss ed ▁several ▁senior ▁military ▁figures : ▁Def ense ▁Minister ▁K ady r ▁G uly am ov , ▁Head ▁of ▁the ▁J oint ▁Head quarters ▁of ▁the ▁Ar med ▁Forces ▁Is mail ▁Er gas he v , ▁and ▁Commander ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁military ▁district ▁Kos im ali ▁Ak h med ov . ▁Burn as he v ▁and ▁Ch ern yk h ▁said ▁that ▁' .. although ▁these ▁dismiss als ▁did ▁not ▁change ▁the ▁formal ▁system ▁of ▁administration ▁in ▁the ▁security ▁and ▁military ▁structures , ▁they ▁reflected ▁serious ▁sh ifts ▁in ▁power ▁relations ▁among ▁regional