Multimedia: Kyrgyzstan

Brick by Brick, Isolated Min Kush Crumbles Away

September 21, 2009 - 12:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

Meaning "1,000 Birds" in Kyrgyz, the industrial town of Min Kush was known throughout Kyrgyzstan as "little Moscow." Despite being a closed zone in Soviet times -- not appearing on maps and...
Sacred Mountain in Osh Makes Coveted UNESCO List

July 10, 2009 - 1:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

The southwestern Kyrgyz city of Osh encircles the Islamic religious site of Sulaiman Too mountain. The 295-hectare complex, including the mountain, surrounding cemeteries and old residential...
Ethnic Animosities, Border Disputes Pit Kyrgyz Against Tajiks

June 5, 2009 - 12:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan

The Ferghana Valley's overlapping borders are notoriously porous, portals for narcotics smugglers and - regional governments claim - Islamic insurgents. In many areas, such as around the Tajik...
Aman-Plus Serves a Beacon of Hope

February 19, 2009 - 12:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

Aman-Plus is a support center based in Bishkek where those with substance abuse problems can obtain clean needles, a bed and help readjust to a mainstream existence. Many of the clients in the...
Manas Serves As Transit Center to War in Afghanistan

February 5, 2009 - 12:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

Only an hour's flight time north of the Afghan border, last year over 170,000 coalition soldiers passed through Manas en route to Operation Enduring Freedom there. Many spend only a day or two...
Manas Airbase Key to US and NATO Operations in Afghanistan

February 2, 2009 - 8:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

Opened in December 2001, the Transit Center at Manas serves as the main US and NATO military staging base for troops entering and departing the conflict in Afghanistan. The US Air Force military...
Kyrgyz Music and Horse Races Highlight Festival

November 7, 2008 - 12:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

The small village of Korgundu Bulak high in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan Mountains featured the special Kyrgyz horse in a festival designed to demonstrate the abilities of the breed in its native...
Women Affected Hardest by Mix of Drugs, HIV and Prostitution

December 19, 2007 - 12:00pm

by: Rena Effendi

Kyrgyzstan

When it comes to populations affected by drugs in Central Asia, and in particular the southwestern Kyrgyz city of Osh, women drug users have long sat at the bottom of the priority list. Despite...

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