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Kyrgyzstan says Tajikistan resumed firing on border after ceasefire

The Kyrgyzstan border service said on Friday that Tajikistan had opened fire on positions along their shared border, hours after an apparent ceasefire was agreed between the two sides.

Reuters

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agree to border conflict ceasefire -TASS

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on Friday agreed a ceasefire to end a bout of border skirmishes this week, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing Kyrgyzstan's border service.

Reuters

Kyrgyzstan says town, airport shelled by Tajik forces

Kyrgyzstan's border guard service accused Tajik forces of shelling an airport in the town of Batken and adjacent areas with rocket artillery on Friday, a fresh escalation in the former Soviet republic's border conflict.

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Kyrgyzstan says fighting escalates on Tajik border

Tajik forces are attacking Kyrgyz outposts along the whole length of the border and Kyrgyz troops are returning fire, Kyrgyzstan's border guard service said on Friday, an unusual escalation of tensions between two Russian allies.

Reuters

Kyrgyzstan reports renewed clash on border with Tajikistan - agencies

Kyrgyzstan's border force reported another round of shooting on its border with Tajikistan on Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported citing officials.

Reuters

Russia calls on Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to bring border situation under control - RIA

Russia called on its Central Asian allies Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to take urgent measures to bring the situation on the border between the two countries back under control after clashes erupted overnight, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing a foreign ministry source.

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One Tajikistan border guard killed in clashes with Kyrgyzstan - RIA

One Tajikistan border guard was killed and two wounded in clashes between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan overnight, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing the Tajikistan border force.

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Shooting breaks out between Kyrgyz, Tajik border guards - Russian agencies

Shooting broke out on Wednesday between guards patrolling the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Russian news agencies said, citing the Kyrgyz border service.

Reuters

Bosnia-Herzegovina agree to play Russia in friendly despite ongoing Fifa ban and Ukraine invasion

Kyrgyzstan will also face the suspended nation in their first fixture for almost a year

The Independent UK

Former Kyrgyzstan President Named UN Envoy to Afghanistan

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named former Kyrgyzstan president Roza Otunbayeva as the UN's new special representative for Afghanistan, his office announced Friday. Otunbayeva became interim president of Kyrgyzstan in April 2010 after a bloody uprising forced then-leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev into exile. She relinquished power the following year after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.N. chief appoints former Kyrgyzstan president as Afghanistan envoy

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed a former president of Kyrgyzstan as his new special envoy for Afghanistan.

Reuters

Mum who 'sold seven-year-old son had advertised him on human organ transplant sites'

Mum Nargiza Aitmatova from Kyrgyzstan was caught in a sting operation by Russian police and anti-slavery groups after she agreed to sell her son even going so far as to advertise his healthy organs on a transplant site

Daily Mirror

AP PHOTOS: Fermented horse milk season on in Kyrgyzstan

High up in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the season for making the fermented drink known as kumis is in full swing.

The Independent UK

The grey Zara market: how ‘parallel imports’ give comfort to Russian consumers

Western brands that pulled out are still on sale, due to legal changes that have fuelled entrepreneurship

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Fake passport used to pass off transplant as between relatives

The price per kidney was 15,000, dollars the equivalent today of about 2 million yen. The kidney transplant for the Japanese patient was conducted in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. A Japanese nonprofit organization acted as an intermediary. A passport was forged for the Ukrainian donor to make it…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nomad Fashion Show Mixes Ancient, Modern

On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strutted and sashayed in outfits mixing the ancient and modern at the World Nomads Fashion festival. The event, now in its third year, drew designers and fashion-industry figures from about 20 countries…

The Independent UK

Nomad fashion show mixes ancient, modern

On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strut and sashay in outfits mixing the ancient and modern at the World Nomads Fashion festival

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo retiree donates canes to Kyrgyzstan association Tokyo man sends canes to help keep Kyrgyzstan people in need on their feet

A rehabilitation center in Kyrgyzstan has received a shipment of canes donated by a Tokyo man who has been helping visually impaired people in the central Asian country.

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Kyrgyzstan promotes its traditional mare's milk to lure tourists

Kyrgyzstan is seeking to attract more tourists by promoting its traditional kumis - fermented mare's milk - which locals drink and bathe in and say is good for their health.

The New Daily

Videos of the week: Giant avalanche sweeps over hikers in Kyrgyzstan

In this week’s selection of videos, TND takes a look at the moment a mammoth avalanche sweeps over unsuspecting hikers in Kyrgyzstan.

Evening Standard

Tian Shan mountains: The moment British tourists survive avalanche in Kyrgyzstan

One of those on the trip said: ‘I thought I might die’

Irish Mirror

Terrifying footage shows tourists caught in the path of ice avalanche in Kyrgyzstan

A tourist was taking pictures when he heard the sound of “ice cracking” and saw the avalanche hurtling down the mountain

The Independent UK

Shocking moment avalanche plunges towards tourists in Kyrgyzstan

‘If we had walked five minutes further on our trek, we would all be dead,’ writes shell-shocked hiker

The Guardian - UK

British tourists survive avalanche in Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan

The group of 10 people, including nine from UK, managed to take shelter when avalanche struck

Reuters

Putin orders talks on unified regional air defence with Kyrgyzstan

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the defence and foreign ministries to begin talks with Kyrgyzstan on a common regional air defence system, according to the text of the order posted on a government website.

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