Kazakhstan Protests Alleged Abduction By Uzbek Guards
April 24, 2006
April 24, 2006 -- Kazakhstan today protested the alleged abduction and beating of a Kazakh citizen by Uzbek border guards.
The Kazakh Foreign Ministry said in a statement that four Uzbek border guards on April 19 crossed into Kazakhstan and took a shepherd, Baurzhan Akhmetov, across the border and beat him.
Uzbek Foreign Ministry officials were not available for comments.
(AP)