At the time, the group, a part of the Qaeda network, had tried to penetrate southern Kyrgyzstan.

Washington's days-long silence over the unrest in southern Kyrgyzstan speaks volumes.

This alliance would unite northern and southern Kyrgyzstan until January 2007.

In 2008, 10 people (eight children and two adults) died of rabies in southern Kyrgyzstan.

"Namangani did not go further in 1999 and 2000 because he didn't plan to," said a foreign government official in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Sherif is a town in southern Kyrgyzstan.

So far, nearly 1,000 groups have been formed across southern Kyrgyzstan, with 6,500 members.

They discussed organizing mass protests in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Educated activist and professionals in southern Kyrgyzstan believe that the Uzbeks brought ruin upon themselves.

Following the violence a new leadership surfaced in southern Kyrgyzstan.