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MID#4201
Dispute Number: 4201
Date(s): September 24, 1999 to March 29, 2001
Participants: 365 Russia, 704 Uzbekistan/700 Afghanistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: This dispute involves several cross-border incidents among Russia,
Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, over the actions of Islamic militants in the region.
Afghanistan’s Taliban supported the militants and encouraged their actions. Russia
and Uzbekistan fortified their borders and engaged in several alerts as conflict with the
militants had the potential to spread across their borders. The most intense exchange
occurred when Uzbek forces launched airstrikes into Afghanistan, and local forces
responded, shooting down one plane and killing both crew.
MID#4283
Started in September 2001. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/700
Afghanistan dyad dispute list.
365 RUSSIA/710 CHINA
MID#3245
Dispute Number: 3245
Date(s): June 1862 to October 1863
Participants: 365 Russia/710 China
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (Negotiated)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: This is a roughly two-year dispute regarding incursions by Russia into
present-day Kyrgyzstan, which China claimed. China protested Russia’s aggressive
moves, both on the ground and through the lengthy negotiation process. The dis-
pute ultimately ended with the October 1864 Treaty of Chuguchak (now known as
Tacheng). One hundred years later, China denounced the treaty as “unequal.”
Coding changes: End day changed from Missing.
MID#3642
Dispute Number: 3642
Date(s): August 1870 to February 1871
Participants: 365 Russia/710 China
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Imposed)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Yakub Beg, an independent warlord from the extinct Khanate of Kokand,
took advantage of China’s inability to police its frontier by seizing large stretches