Kyrgyz and Tajik officials said this week that more than 90 percent of their mutual border has been agreed upon. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov is hopeful for a full resolution by the spring. It’s big news for a border that has been among the most difficult in the region, flaring into deadly violence in 2021 … Read more
Kyrgyzstan is considering changing its more than 30-year-old flag. “I support the idea,” said President Sadyr Japarov. “Our flag looks likes a sunflower; with this the country cannot rise from its knees.” The Jogorku Kenesh, the country’s unicameral legislature, approved the first reading of the draft law last week to straighten the flag’s currently wavy … Read more
Features On a hot summer day, the women of Kök-Tash took a break to play football. It was a rare joy amid a difficult life on the border. Women play football near Kök-Tash village. Credit: Danil Usmanov Advertisement July was a rare time of joy in Kök-Tash, a small village in the Leilek district of … Read more
Advertisement On October 2 in Batken, Kyrgyzstan, the heads of the Kyrgyz and Tajik security services reportedly signed a protocol that “gives us the basis to resolve all border issues,” as Kamchybek Tashiev, head of Kyrgyzstan’s Committee for National Security (SCNS or GKNB) put it. Although authorities in both countries released identical statements, neither has … Read more
Advertisement Since 2020 Adakhan Madumarov and his party, Butun Kyrgyzstan, have faced what they deem a campaign of “unthinkably threats, psychological pressure and criminal prosecution.” “Today, the Butun Kyrgyzstan party is going through very difficult times,” the party said in a statement on September 4, two days after Madumarov was taken to a pre-trial detention … Read more