Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » People: 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 » People: Japan allocates USD 1 million to support vulnerable people in Batken and Osh following the border clashes
Bishkek – The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the Kyrgyz Republic will receive USD 1 million from the Government of Japan to support ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » People: A Precarious Mountain Pass Is Bringing New Life To A Kyrgyz Village
In Kyrgyzstan's remote Batken region, locals say people and horses have fallen to their deaths while traversing the only road to the village of Zardaly. Now that road is being expanded and reinforced, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » People: IDA Helps the Kyrgyz Republic’s Batken Rebuild after Conflict
Following conflict along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in September 2022, the World Bank's IDA has helped rebuild and repair schools, kindergartens, and healthcare facilities that were damaged or destroyed ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » People: 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 » People: EBRD helps Kyrgyz city Batken make water and wastewater services safer
The FINANCIAL — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and international donors are continuing to upgrade water and wastewater services in the Kyrgyz Republic, thus improving ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » People: Kyrgyz Officials Say Leader, Members Of Banned Islamic Group Detained
Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (UKMK) said on June 25 that "a leader and nine members" of the Yaqyn Inkar Islamic group, which is banned in the Central Asian nation, were detained ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » People: Kyrgyzstan resettlement of Uzbekistan enclave gets mixed reviews
While Kyrgyz state media have portrayed the recent resettlement of residents of a Kyrgyz enclave in Uzbekistan in glowing terms, a different picture emerged during a VOA visit to the residents’ new ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » People: Logistics centre inaugurated in the Batken region, Kyrgyzstan
A municipal logistics centre has been inaugurated in Kadamjay, located in the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan. According to the district administration, 18.74 million soms (approximately $219,181) were ...