Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Security: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan security chiefs hold talks to end border fighting
Kyrgyzstan's border service have announced the new round of talks as the two countries traded blame for shelling that resumed after a shortly held ceasefire.
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 Security Officials Say 90 Percent Of Border Agreed Upon
The security chiefs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan say the two Central Asian nations have preliminarily agreed on more than 90 percent of the border between the two former Soviet republics during ...
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: Kyrgyz Authorities Shut Down 32 Mosques, 5 Religious Schools In Southern Batken Region
Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee of National Security (UKMK) said on October 10 that it had closed 32 mosques and five religious schools in the southern region of Batken as a result of a special ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Security: Labor Ministry proposes increasing benefits for victims of Aksy, 2010 and Batken events
The Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration of Kyrgyzstan has submitted for public discussion a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers to increase monthly benefits, compensations instea ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Security: 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 ...