By empty (8/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A militant from field commander Kazbek Batalov\'s group was killed during a special operation in the village of Assinovskaya in the Sunzhen district of Chechnya. The group has been pursued in the region for several days, the district interior department told Interfax on Monday. The pursuit began after an attack on the house of the Roshni-Chu village administration chief in the Urus-Martan district, the department said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
Sign up for upcoming events, latest news and articles from the CACI Analyst