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Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Border Clash

Jul 19, 2012 | 10:33 GMT

Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Border Clash
A Kyrgyz border guard at a frontier post on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border

VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images

Summary

Kyrgyzstan's border police released a statement July 18 saying the situation in Ala-Buka district on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border is stable following a skirmish between citizens and police on both sides of the border a day earlier. Though the incident appears to have been isolated, it took place at a time when several separate but interconnected security issues threaten to undermine the stability of Central Asia.

The skirmish occurred as several other security issues threaten to undermine Central Asia's stability....

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