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When fighting breaks out on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s border these days, residents quickly pack their bags and flee. ... and then into the crowded and relatively prosperous Tajik enclave of Vorukh.
Kyrgyzstan had earlier on Saturday accused neighbour Tajikistan of building up troops and military equipment near their border, following the clashes near the de facto Tajik enclave of Vorukh ...
Kyrgyzstan has said it agreed to a ceasefire with Tajikistan after the heaviest clashes in years erupted along the neighbouring countries’ disputed frontier. In a statement on Thursday ...
A Kyrgyz soldier walks past a burned house after fighting between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in Ak-Sai village about 950km (593 miles) southwest of Bishkek the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Tuesday, Sept ...
In January 2014 border troops from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan clashed near the enclave. Osorova told IWPR at the time that the road running through Vorukh was important for the people of Batken.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s disputed border witnessed military escalations that left scores dead in recent years. But 2023 looks set to pass without any major incidents on the volatile frontier ...
As Kyrgyz and Tajiks mark the anniversary of tragic border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan that resulted in more than 100 people being killed, Kyrgyz National Security Committee chairman ...
Kyrgyzstan evacuates thousands in Tajikistan clash 04/30/2021 April 30, 2021. The Central Asian country has said its death toll in armed clashes with rival Tajikistan had reached 31.
Kyrgyzstan said Friday that its death toll in armed clashes with Central Asian rival Tajikistan had reached 13, ... with the area surrounding the Tajik enclave of Vorukh, ...
The border region between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is a checkerboard of Tajik and Kyrgyz villages. (Photo: Justin Vela) When the water flows in Batken Province, a hardscrabble patch of southwestern ...
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN — 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 ...
Officials in Kyrgystan and Tajikistan sought to ease tensions on Friday after major clashes between the ex-Soviet neighbours in Central Asia left over a dozen dead and thousands displaced in ...