Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Travel: The Summer Of 1999 And The IMU In Kyrgyzstan
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Published on: Monday 23 September 2019
Twenty years ago, militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) appeared in southern Kyrgyzstan and took several hostages while battling local forces. They were the biggest security ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Travel: Kyrgyzstan: A diary from Batken at a time of violence
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Published on: Tuesday 04 May 2021
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 ...