Visitors to Kyrgyzstan are warned to avoid the area around Osh close to the Uzbek border.

The highest point is Mount Manas (4484m) near the Uzbek border.

A taxi from Dashogus to the Uzbek border is not more than US$1.

Chong-Kara is on the Sokh river, between the Uzbek border and the Sokh enclave.

In late 2011, Afghanistan opened its first major railway line, linking Hairatan, on the Uzbek border, with Mazar-i-Sharif.

He said that 48 people had died since Saturday in fighting in the Kirghiz city of Osh on the Uzbek border.

For weeks, aid agencies have been trying to get food, winter clothing and medical supplies over the Uzbek border, but were delayed by bureaucracy and security concerns.

It is around 5 km north of the centre of the city of Osh, and just a few hundred metres from the Uzbek border.

Nice place, very friendly, on the way to the Uzbek border.

For even less, make a DIY trek to emerald lakes close to the Uzbek border.