Batken conflict

Batken conflict
DateJuly 30 – September 27, 1999
(1 month and 4 weeks)
Location
Result
  • Strategic Kyrgyz victory
  • The IMU is pushed back into Tajikistan
[inconsistent]
Belligerents
 Kyrgyzstan
 Russia (material support)
 Uzbekistan (military support)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Commanders and leaders
Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev
Kyrgyzstan Myrzakan Subanov
Kyrgyzstan Esen Topoev
Kyrgyzstan Abdrakhman Mamataliev
Kyrgyzstan Abdygul Chotbaev
Kyrgyzstan Colonel Stanislav Kholodkov
Juma Namangani
Tohir Yoʻldosh
Strength
several hundred soldiers more than 1,000 militants
Casualties and losses
32 civilians and soldiers 1,150 militants

The Batken conflict (Kyrgyz: Баткен окуясы, romanizedBatken okuyasy, Russian: Баткенские события) was a period of armed clashes between militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan, with support to the latter being provided by the Uzbek Ground Forces. It was caused by incursions of IMU militants into Uzbek and Kyrgyz territory from Tajikistan and was in part, centered on the unilateral demarcation of the Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan border by Uzbekistan.[1]

  1. ^ Абытов Байболот Капарович (2014-10-29). "Баткен 1999 год: события или война?". Мнение. АКИpress. Мнение. Retrieved 2019-04-21.