Six years on, Kyrgyzstan is still at risk of inter-group violence and genuine reconciliation seems like a distant finish line. Tensions remain high between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in the country’s southern regions, and border skirmishes with neighbouring Uzbekistan aren’t improving the present state of affairs. International organizations warn that Kyrgyz nationalism is gaining force, and that it could possibly contribute to yet another violent outbreak. But have the country’s nationalist forces been misunderstood, and is it in fact through them that Kyrgyzstan will find peace?
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