Kyrgyzstan's five-day-old . provisional government is vowing to use the country's military to launch a special operation to neutralize President Kurmanbek Bakiyev if he does not resign.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

The reported advances near the Afghan border come a day after army officials took journalists into the region for the first time since the operation started in mid-October.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30