To reach the nearest existing road—the road the khan wants extended into Kyrgyz territory—requires at least a three-day journey through the mountains, on a trail where a fall could be deadly.

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ADYGENE GLACIER (AFP): Near a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of grey rocks, reminiscing how the same spot was a glacier just a few years ago.

Every year a festival is dedicated to the kalpak, the typical white double-pointed headdress of the Kyrgyz people. Its shape ...

Kyrgyz opposition politician Azimbek Beknazarov ... while the search continues for others still missing in the district's Ak-Sai mountains. Russia has been enlisting Central Asian prisoners ...