Batken conflict

Batken conflict
Date	July 30 – September 27, 1999; (1 month and 4 weeks)
Location	Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
Result	Strategic Kyrgyz victory; The IMU is pushed back into Tajikistan;
Belligerents
Kyrgyzstan; Russia (material support); Uzbekistan (military support)	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Commanders and leaders
Askar Akayev; Myrzakan Subanov; Esen Topoev; Abdrakhman Mamataliev; Abdygul Chotbaev; Colonel Stanislav Kholodkov	Juma Namangani; Tohir Yoʻldosh
Strength
5,800-7,000 militiamen and soldiers	More than 1,000 militants
Casualties and losses
32 civilians and soldiers killed	more than 1,150 militants were killed

The Batken conflict (Kyrgyz: Баткен окуясы, romanized: Batken okuyasy, Russian: Баткенские события) was a period of armed clashes between militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan, with support to the latter being provided by the Uzbek Ground Forces. It was caused by incursions of IMU militants into Uzbek and Kyrgyz territory from Tajikistan and was in part, centered on the unilateral demarcation of the Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan border by Uzbekistan.