Education Still Vulnerable to Attack in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A burnt-out kindergarten in the Kyrgyz village of Ak-Sai. The village saw widespread looting and destruction while briefly under the control of Tajik forces on September 16, 2022. © 2022 Jean-Baptiste Gallopin/Human Rights Watch. In September 2022, at least 23 schools and kindergartens in southwestern Kyrgyzstan were attacked during a short but violent border conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Some schools were damaged by shrapnel, and at least one was used as a military base by Tajik armed forces. Fifty-three other schools were converted into…

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