Search (Kyrgyzstan)

An unusually large outbreak of violence along the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan prompted international concerns that the clashes, which typically flare up between local civilians and die down quickly, would es...

A violent dispute between civilians over water rights on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan escalated into a brief military conflict on April 28-29, the largest in scale and lethality in the past decade. This report...

On October 4, thousands of people gathered in central Bishkek to protest the results of recent parliamentary elections. Over the course of the following weeks, protests continued throughout Kyrgyzstan, culminating with t...

COVID-19 in Central Asia has presented unique challenges to the private sector since cases were first identified this year. Countries in the region have confronted issues phasing in and out of restrictive lockdowns, reso...

On February 7, violent ethnic-based clashes erupted between Kazakhs and Dungans, a Muslim group of Chinese origin, in southern Kazakhstan. The violence destroyed several houses, killed 11 people, and sent thousands of vi...

Central Asia is one of the most earthquake-prone regions of the world. Parts of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well nearly all of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are located at the intersection of the Indian and...

The 3rd World Nomad Games (WNG) will take place in the resort city of Cholpon-Ata, in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul oblast, from September 2-8. Initiated by the Kyrgyz government in 2012, the Games are the biggest international...

Kyrgyzstan will hold elections on October 15 to replace the incumbent President Almazbek Atambayev. Constitutionally barred from seeking a second term, President Atambayev was elected in 2011, after a violent 2010 revolu...

An attacker rammed his car into a gate at the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan before detonating the explosives-laden vehicle inside the compound. In what is being called a terrorist incident by the Kyrgyz and the...

On July 16, Kyrgyzstan’s security forces killed four alleged terrorists and detained five others in an operation that reportedly targeted an unspecified international terrorist group at a private residence in Bishkek; th...

On January 11, a clash between Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards in a disputed area along the border left security forces wounded on both sides. Following the incident, Kyrgyzstan closed its border with Tajikistan and recal...

From May 28 to June 1, over 3,000 protestors besieged Kyrgyzstan’s largest gold mine in the northern province of Issyk-Kul. The clashes, marking this year’s most violent confrontation, injured dozens of people. In respo...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting the January 24 Domodedovo Airport attack, ongoing corruption concerns in Indonesia, and the...

Over the past few months, Kyrgyzstan has seen several possible terrorism-related incidents, including some that have directly impacted U.S. citizens. For instance, on December 24, 2010, an American family was robbed at g...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting recent Red Shirt demonstrations in Bangkok, the development of new tactics by European anar...

On November 2, 2006 political opposition parties in Kyrgyz Republic held a demonstration against the Bakiev-Kulov Government, in protest of a lack of constitutional reform and general displeasure with corruption in the g...