Datkabek Shabdanbek Uulu is a reporter for RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service in Osh.
Families of dozens of Kyrgyz women imprisoned in Iraq are calling on the government to bring them home. The women -- mostly wives and relatives of Islamic State fighters -- traveled to Iraq and Syria more than a decade ago as the extremist group seized swaths of territory.
Floods and mudslides have killed at least eight people in Kyrgyzstan, authorities say. RFE/RL filmed Kyrgyz rescuers and troops evacuating people through a flooded canyon in the Nookat district on June 29. The area has been hit by heavy rainfall.
