The speaker of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament resigned on Thursday and several allies of the country’s ousted security chief Kamchybek Tashiev were detained, as President Sadyr Japarov moved to purge supporters of the one-time close ally he dismissed on Tuesday. Departing speaker Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu was a close ally of ousted State Committee for National Security (GKNB) head Tashiev, seen until this week as the country’s second most powerful official. Japarov and Tashiev had effectively ruled Kyrgyzstan — a mountainous nation of 7 million — in tandem since they rose to power amid mass protests in 2020.

Full report : Kyrgyzstan moves to purge allies of ousted security chief.