Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Security: Kyrgyzstan: Spotlight on populist security chief after Tajikistan violence
As recriminations fly over the bloodshed on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, one man’s role is coming under particular scrutiny. Kyrgyz leader Sadyr Japarov appointed his longtime ally Kamchybek Tashiyev as ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: Kyrgyzstan: A diary from Batken at a time of violence
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 » Security: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Agree To Joint Security Controls Along Disputed Border
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan -- Kyrgyz and Tajik officials have agreed to jointly control law and order along a disputed segment of the border to ease tensions following deadly clashes late last month.
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Security: Cease-Fire Halts Deadly Clashes Along Kyrgyz-Tajik Border
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 » Security: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reach border agreement enhancing Central Asian security
This article was written by Paolo Sorbello for Vlast.kz and published on February 25, 2025. An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. After an initial ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Security: Tajikistan amassing military equipment at border with Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyz security
BISHKEK, September 16. /TASS/. Tajikistan has been amassing military equipment at the conflict zone on the border with Kyrgyzstan, despite de-escalation agreements, Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Security: Post-Soviet security bloc CSTO postpones drills in Kyrgyzstan — security official
As stated in the Security Council of the republic, the postponement of the exercises does not mean that Kyrgyzstan rejects the CSTO BISHKEK, October 14. /TASS/. A military exercise of the Collective ...