Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Along Kyrgyzstan's Campaign Trail: Batken
Batken is Kyrgyzstan's southernmost province. It is also the poorest. Batken Province has a population, officially, of more than 400,000. Per capita, a higher proportion of people from Batken Province ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Kyrgyzstan: Batken’s entrepreneurs struggle while officials weave lofty dreams
Adilet Adbuvaliyev’s industrial henhouse is perched on a scree-filled ledge above Kyrgyzstan’s most volatile spot. In the valley below, in a usually dormant corner of the Batken region, fighting ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Is Batken Province Central Asia’s Next Flashpoint?
When the water flows in Batken Province, a hardscrabble patch of southwestern Kyrgyzstan, tempers flare. “The conflict area is well established,” said Taalay Ibraimov, a community leader in Batken’s ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Clashes with Tajikistan kill two dozen on Kyrgyzstan side
"Twenty-four bodies have been brought into the health establishments in the Batken region," says Kyrgyz Health Ministry, adding clashes wounded 87 others. Tajikistan has not released details of its ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Agreement Hoped for in ‘Nearest Future’
Kyrgyz and Tajik officials are hopeful of completing border negotiations in the next two to three months. If an agreement is indeed reached, it will signal a major milestone in a long-running border ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: State of emergency declared in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken border region - Emergencies Ministry
BISHKEK, September 17. /TASS/. A state of emergency has been declared in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Region, where clashes with Tajikistan took place earlier, the Kyrgyz Emergencies Ministry said in a ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Business and biodiversity benefit from Kyrgyz agroforestry systems
In the arid Kyrgyz border region of Batken, farmers grow agroforestry gardens of pomegranate, peach, apple, apricot, and cherry trees which provide shade and moisture to intercropped vegetables and ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Region bordering Tajikistan to receive special status
The draft law on the status of the Batken Region says that the local government bodies will be given special powers to coordinate the activity of local institutions and cooperate with the law ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Kyrgyzstan launches anti-terror raid in Batken region
Kyrgyzstan has launched special operation on capture of militants, penetrated into territory of Batken region to night, sources at the Batken regional administration informed the news agency 24.kg ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken: Debate Over Kyrgyzstan’s New Flag Overshadows Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Negotiations
Kyrgyzstan is considering changing its more than 30-year-old flag. “I support the idea,” said President Sadyr Japarov. “Our flag looks likes a sunflower; with this the country cannot rise from its ...