Batken region

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan settle border incident

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan settle border incident

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed on the inadmissibility of any work on the disputed section of the border, where the shootout took place today. A meeting of border guards of the two countries was held today in the Batken district …

Kyrgyz-Tajik dispute area to receive special status

Kyrgyz-Tajik dispute area to receive special status

The Batken region of Kyrgyzstan, where an armed border conflict with Tajikistan took place in late April, will receive a special status in the near future, Prime Minister of the republic Ulukbek Maripov said on Tuesday. "The …

Three miners die after gas poisoning in Kyrgyzstan

Three miners die after gas poisoning in Kyrgyzstan

Three people died in a mine in the Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan, the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations said. According to preliminary reports, the miners died after carbon monoxide poisoning during illegal extraction of …