Lawmaker Zhanybek Kydykbayev said deploying troops stood to discredit Kyrgyzstan in the eyes of the Kazakh people since it signaled the government’s support for Kazakhstan’s Tokayev. “Under CSTO rules ...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan As the armored personnel carrier rumbled down the street, men in Kyrgyz military uniforms clinging to its sides, residents of an ethnic Uzbek neighborhood here felt a surge of relief.

Kyrgyzstan's ties with China and especially Russia are nothing new, but as of a year ago Votel still thought that there was hope in the US-Kyrgyzstan military relationship. “Despite ongoing challenges ...

The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan on Sunday unilaterally cancelled joint military drills between the six nations comprising the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), less ...

Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov declared a state of emergency in the capital Bishkek on Friday and ordered troops to deploy, as supporters of rival political groups took to the streets after ...

Photos of an Mi-8 military helicopter that crashed in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several others, have emerged online.

BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have completed the withdrawal of their military units from border areas as part of an agreed pullback following a series of deadly clashes last week.

The president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambaev, has said that his country would like European military assistance to help combat the threat from the Islamic State (IS) group.

Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia, on Sunday unilaterally cancelled joint military drills among the six nations of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO ...

Bowing to pressure from the street, Mr. Jeenbekov earlier on Friday formally dismissed the prime minister, the head of the armed forces and the country’s security chief.

The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has unilaterally cancelled joint military drills between the six nations comprising the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), less than ...