Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Social: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree on ceasefire after border clashes
At least one person was killed in cross-border shelling between the two Central Asian republics over a water reservoir and pumping station located on the Isfara river, which both countries claim as ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Social: Tens of thousands displaced as Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan conflict rages on
Around 120,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in an area of Kyrgyzstan where fierce fighting is ongoing against forces from neighboring Tajikistan, a senior Kyrgyz government official has ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Social: Kyrgyzstan Says Border With Tajikistan Can Reopen 'Gradually' After Delimitation Work
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan -- Authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s southern region of Batken say the border with Tajikistan, shut down more than two years ago following a deadly standoff, can "gradually reopen" after ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Social: Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Agreement Hoped for in ‘Nearest Future’
Officials on both sides say they’ve agreed to 94 percent of the border and hope for an agreement soon. Kyrgyz and Tajik officials are hopeful of completing border negotiations in the next two to three ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Social: Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan: The terror and death of a fruitless border conflict
As people in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan pray and hope that the fighting along their border is over, thoughts will turn to the damage to life and property wrought in under a week of fighting. The ...