Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Politics: 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 » Politics: Is Politics Dead in Kyrgyzstan?
On November 30, Kyrgyzstan will hold parliamentary elections. The polls were supposed to take place in 2026, but, in September 2025, a group of sitting members of the parliament, called in Kyrgyzstan ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Politics: 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 » Politics: 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 » Politics: 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 » Politics: IDA Rebuilds Schools and Healthcare Facilities in the Kyrgyz Republic's Batken Region
In the Kyrgyz Republic's Batken region, new schools and health clinics have not only replaced what was lost during the conflict along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in September 2022 but have also restored a ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Politics: 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 ...