Kyrgyzstan has opened a criminal probe into the destruction of glacial ice by a private company, a rare move pointing to ...

UNITED NATIONS, September 29 (Itar-Tass) - Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian republic, faces a quick reduction of the area of glaciers and snow fields that may melt down at all by 2100 that will result ...

Mountainous Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan -- home to around 10,000 glaciers each, according to Omorova -- are the main water providers for Central Asia. "We share water with our neighbours downstream ...