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: IDA Helps the Kyrgyz Republic’s Batken Rebuild after Conflict
In September 2022, conflict along the Kyrgyz Republic’s southwestern border caused significant damages to the country’s Batken region. A project supported by the International Development Association ...
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: Nasvay Chewing Tobacco Poisons Kyrgyzstan
"We sow tobacco to make extra money" says Askarbek Duisheyev, a farmer in Kyrgyzstan's impoverished Batken province whose crops are used to produce nasvay chewing tobacco. The substance is cheaper ...