Sokh district, a small pocket of Uzbek territory within Kyrgyzstan, has been the scene of low-level violence and bilateral tension since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Azizov's native village, Chashma, is located in the Uzbek exclave of Sokh, which is located inside the southern Kyrgyz province of Batken. What this means for Azizov is that the nearest bazaar is ...

So, just a few days after violence in the Uzbekistan exclave of Sokh prompted Uzbekistan to send troops there, the situation is not only calmed down, but Uzbekistan has agreed to remove the heavy ...

For the first time in the past 50 years, residents are witnessing the freezing of the Sokh River. Sokh district is the pearl of Fergana region, its area is 220.7 square kilometers. Over 80 thousand ...

All are within the borders of neighboring Kyrgyzstan. The two largest, Sokh and Shohimardon, are proudly Uzbek. Yet for decades, the government in Tashkent did not invest in them. Still ...

Regular scheduled flights from the capital of Uzbekistan’s Fergana region to the nearby exclave of Sokh got underway on December 12, providing residents a valuable lifeline out of seclusion. The ...

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Actions of Kyrgyz authorities aggravate situation in Sokh enclave, the press-service of Uzbekistan's Committee for State Border Protection of National Security Service reports. "The press-service ...