United States Department of State, Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000 - Kyrgyzstan, 30 April 2001, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/46810761e.html [accessed 6 June 2023]
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The only clear instances of international terrorism in Central Asia this year occurred in Kyrgzystan as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's (IMU) insurgent efforts continued. Four US citizen mountain climbers were taken hostage by IMU militants operating in southern Kyrgyzstan in early August and held captive for several days before they escaped unharmed. IMU militants also took six German, three Russian, one Ukrainian, and two Uzbek mountaineers hostage, but later freed them.
