By Baktygul Chynybaeva Farangis Najibullah January 24, 2023 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Dozens of ethnic Kyrgyz from Afghanistan’s remote Wakhan Corridor are calling on the government in Bishkek to repatriate them to their ancestral homeland so their children can get the education that the Taliban has denied them. In video statements sent to RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service,
By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service October 1, 2021 Russia has urged Tajikistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to take “mutually acceptable measures” to resolve tensions along the Tajik-Afghan border amid reports of an increased military build-up on both sides. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has refused to recognize the Taliban-led government and condemned the militant group for alleged human rights
Bruce Pannier Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 23, 2021 It has been more than a month since the international community was confronted with the fact that the Taliban had seized control over almost all of Afghanistan. Some countries are still cautious or vague about their positions on the Taliban-led government. But Uzbekistan, which shares a
By RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service July 16,2021 BISHKEK — The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry has appealed to authorities in neighboring Tajikistan to facilitate the passage to their common border of hundreds of ethnic Kyrgyz who fled Afghanistan amid a major Taliban surge that is raising security concerns in neighboring former Soviet republics. The ministry also said on July 15 that
Tolo News: Officials said 44 residents of Badakhshan’s Pamir area left the mountainous region in Afghanistan’s northeast and obtained Kyrgyzstan citizenship. They are seeking a better life by leaving their native living style, officials said. Pamir residents said they have been ignored by governments over the last several decades. Click here to read more (external
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 12, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan Thursday launched the construction of an electricity power grid Thursday to link the four nations to a jointly operated power supply and promote regional stability, security and prosperity. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and the heads of the