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Pankisi (Georgian: პანკისი) or the
Pankisi Gorge (Georgian: პანკისის ხეობა,
Pankisis Kheoba) is a
valley region in Georgia, in the
upper reaches of River...
- The
Pankisi Gorge crisis was a
geopolitical dispute between Russia and
Georgia concerning the
presence of
armed Chechen separatists and
jihadists in Georgia...
- are a
Chechen sub-ethnic
group in Georgia. They
primarily live in the
Pankisi Gorge, in the
eastern Georgian region of Kakheti,
where there are approximately...
- its counter-terrorism
capabilities and
addressed the
situation in the
Pankisi Gorge. The
program was
planned to be a 20-month long, $64
million effort...
- ****
Muslims in Adjara,
Chechen sub-ethnic
group of ****
Kists in the
Pankisi Gorge, and Laz-speaking ****
Muslims as well as ****
Meskhetian Turks...
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crisis Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan Philippines Horn of
Africa Pankisi Gorge Trans Sahara Caribbean and
Central America Iraq War ****stan-United...
- to
Georgia to
combat "criminal elements" and
jihadist activity in the
Pankisi Gorge as part of the War on Terrorism. In
August 2002,
Georgia accused...
- the late 1990s. In 2002
Georgian troops carried out
operations in the
Pankisi Gorge,
which at the time was host to
Chechen separatist militants sheltering...
- A
group of some 50
militants remained in
Pankisi as of June 2003.
According to one analyst,
while in
Pankisi, Abu
Atiya developed a "special rapport"...
-
former Chechen Prime Minister Ruslan Gelayev, who led the
group to the
Pankisi Gorge, 25
miles inside Georgia,
where they
established camps. In October...
