Hundreds of residents in three villages in Kyrgyzstan's Naryn, Talas, and Jalal-Abad regions rallied over the weekend to demand the immediate release of 11 jailed Kyrgyz politicians, journalists ...

Balkaria, in the Caucasus. Under Stalin’s regime, the Balkars were repressed and exiled from their homelands, under false ...

By the time we came back a few days later our school was burnt out," Nishanbekova told AFP in the village in Kyrgyzstan's Batken region, which lies just a few dozen metres from the Tajik border.

“In my village there is no electricity and never has been.” The board shook their heads, but made an exception. Ramanov was allowed to answer on paper. He passed with flying colors. Kyrgyz is ...

and allowed the large-scale looting and burning of private property in Kyrgyz villages. “Civilians living in the disputed border areas of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan paid a heavy price for the ...

armored personnel carriers and mortars entered at least one Kyrgyz village and shelled the airport of the Kyrgyz town of Batken and adjacent areas. In turn, Tajikistan accused Kyrgyz forces of ...

On January 5, in the village of Arka-2 in Leilek district – the far west end of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Region – a 32-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter were reportedly injured by an ...

Tajik authorities confirmed that the agreement had been reached. The Kyrgyz side, however, said two of its villages were shelled again after the agreement took effect. Earlier on Friday ...

armored vehicles and mortars * Tajikistan accuses Kyrgyz troops of shelling outposts, seven villages with heavy weaponry. A service member of Kyrgyz special operations forces stands guard near ...

A primary school in the village of Ak-Say was badly damaged during border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan - Copyright AFP VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO A primary ...

Ak-Say (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – Combing through the charred ruins of a primary school in the village of Ak-Say in Kyrgyzstan, teacher Nasipa Nishanbekova picks up dusty exercise books filled with ...