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Pankisi Gorge crisis
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The Pankisi Gorge crisis was a spillover of the Second Chechen War, with military dimension in Georgia early in the 2000s. Georgia was pressured by Russia and the United States to repress the threats of Al-Qaeda in the Pankisi Gorge.[2]
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Pankisi Gorge Operations | |||||||
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Part of War on Terror, Spillover of the Second Chechen War, and the Chechen-Russian conflict | |||||||
![]() Kakheti's location. Kakheti is the region where Pankisi is located. | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Over 1,000 security forces | Possibly hundreds of militants | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Four police officers captured (later freed) |
Unknown killed Many dozen captured |
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