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News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » History: The Summer Of 1999 And The IMU In Kyrgyzstan

News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/the-summer-of-1999-and-the-imu-in-kyrgyzstan/30180837.html

Published on: Monday 23 September 2019

Twenty years ago, militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) appeared in southern Kyrgyzstan and took several hostages while battling local forces. They were the biggest security ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » History: Kyrgyzstan: A diary from Batken at a time of violence

News channel or source: https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-a-diary-from-batken-at-a-time-of-violence

Published on: Tuesday 04 May 2021

Although Batken is a city on paper, you can count the number of streets on your fingers. In the past 20 years, only one new school has been built here, locals say. It is a small and sleepy corner of ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » History: Kyrgyzstan: Batken’s entrepreneurs struggle while officials weave lofty dreams

News channel or source: https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-batkens-entrepreneurs-struggle-while-officials-weave-lofty-dreams

Published on: Tuesday 29 March 2022

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 » History: After 33 Years, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Announce Border Agreement

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/12/after-33-years-kyrgyzstan-and-tajikistan-announce-border-agreement/

Published on: Wednesday 04 December 2024

On December 4, following a meeting in the Kyrgyz city of Batken, the governments of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan announced that they had come to an agreement on their shared border, the last frontier in ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » History: Cease-Fire Halts Deadly Clashes Along Kyrgyz-Tajik Border

News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-tajik-border-shootout-batken/31674508.html

Published on: Thursday 27 January 2022

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have reached a cease-fire after border clashes between the Central Asian neighbors' security forces left at least two people dead and many more wounded. The ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » History: Kyrgyzstan: Incident in Batken Highlights Cross-border Ethnic Tensions

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2012/06/26/kyrgyzstan-incident-in-batken-highlights-cross-border-ethnic-tensions/

Published on: Monday 25 June 2012

Passions flew high in the southwestern Kyrgyz city of Batken last week after local residents took a group of Tajik citizens hostage in an attempt to force the release of three locals detained in ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » History: More Than Just Grains of Rice: Shedding Light on Community and Precarity in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2022/03/more-than-just-grains-of-rice-shedding-light-on-community-and-precarity-in-kyrgyzstans-batken/

Published on: Wednesday 02 March 2022

In farming communities in Batken, rice is not just a pantry staple or cultural symbol; its planting and harvesting determines the rhythm of life. Plov being served in a market in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

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