Last week’s battles with neighboring Tajikistan jolted Batken with a malignant energy. Our Kyrgyzstan correspondent describes her visit to a town on edge.
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan: Communities take stock of destruction wrought by border unrest
After days of fighting along the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, large swathes of villages are scenes of devastation. Our local correspondents on both sides filed this dispatch today.
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan: Images of destruction after border clashes
The death toll from recent clashes at a disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border has risen to 46, with hundreds of people injured and dozens of homes destroyed, officials say. More than 100 properties – …
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan: Images of destruction after border clashes
The death toll from recent clashes at a disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border has risen to 46, with hundreds of people injured and dozens of homes destroyed, officials say. More than 100 properties – …
Thousands flee as water dispute triggers worst fighting in decades on Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded accusations over the worst clashes between the two ex-Soviet central Asian neighbours in decades that left at least 20 people dead, about 150 injured and 10,000 …
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan violence: Deadly clash amid water dispute
At least 13 people have been killed, scores injured and 10,000 evacuated after a water dispute led to some of the worst clashes in years on a disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Clashes started on …
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan violence: Deadly clash amid water dispute
At least 13 people have been killed, scores injured and 10,000 evacuated after a water dispute led to some of the worst clashes in years on a disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Clashes started on …
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan try to end cross-border clashes
Sporadic skirmishes continued Friday on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan despite a cease-fire declaration following a day of intense clashes that killed more than 20 …
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan try to end cross-border clashes
Sporadic skirmishes continued Friday on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan despite a cease-fire declaration following a day of intense clashes that killed more than 20 …
Uzbek, Tajik, And Kyrgyz Governors Hold Landmark Forum In Ferghana Valley
For the last 30 years, good relations between the three countries that share the Ferghana Valley — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan — have been difficult to achieve, but a recent meeting of …