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.
Date
14 April 2001– September 2003
Location
Pankisi Gorge, Georgia
Result
Georgian victory
Belligerents
Georgia Supported by:Russia United States
Foreign Mujahideen Chechen fighters
Commanders and leaders
Eduard Shevardnadze
Abu Atiya[1] Ibn al-Khattab † Shamil Basayev Ruslan Gelayev
Strength
Over 1,000 security forces
Possibly hundreds of militants
Casualties and losses
Four police officers captured (later freed)
Unknown killed Many dozen captured
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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The PankisiGorgecrisis was a spillover of the Second Chechen War, with military dimension in Georgia early in the 2000s. Georgia was pressured by Russia...
the PankisiGorge who then would cross the Georgian-Russian border to commit terrorist acts in the Russian Federation. The situation in the Gorge is yet...
theories suggest that they may be local Islamist militants from the PankisiGorge. To this day, there is no definitive answer to the paramilitary group's...
in 1991. Some of these conflicts such as the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis or the 2013–2014 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine were due to political crises...
Ministry of State Security of Georgia from 1994 to 1998. In 1999 the PankisiGorgecrisis began, he was one of the key figures of resolving this conflict....
Nations recognizes as part of Georgia, occupied by Russia. During the PankisiGorgecrisis in 2002, the Georgian government considered expanding their security...
Georgia took part in the US-led invasion of Iraq and during the PankisiGorgecrisis. After a brief departure from service, Chankotadze returned to the...
"criminal elements" as well as alleged Arab mujahideen activity in PankisiGorge as part of the War on Terrorism. Without resistance, Georgian troops...
sought safety in neighbouring Georgia, the majority have settled in PankisiGorge and over 1,100 registered refugees remain there as of 2008. Some 3,000...
rescue". In 2001, Gelayev decided to rebuild his forces in the remote PankisiGorge across the Georgian border. There, Gelayev had built up a significant...
village to the North Caucasus in 1999 after transiting through the PankisiGorge in Georgia. Russian intelligence claims that Kurd fought in the battalion...
the next five hundred years", the Corps faced an immediate institutional crisis following the war because of a suddenly shrunken budget. Army generals pushing...
participant in the Vietnam War, blockaded Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and, through the use of ballistic missile submarines, became an important...
Chechnya. Muslim Atayev began his military career training in one of the PankisiGorge training camps in Georgia. Atayev led a group of an estimated 20-30...
allowed the transfer of weapons, ammo and Chechen rebels through the Pankisigorge during the Chechen–Russian conflict. Russian sources have accused Finland...
Operation Enduring Freedom – Kyrgyzstan Operation Enduring Freedom – PankisiGorge The War on Terror saw the U.S. military and intelligence community evolve...
surgery), Umarov raised and led a militia force in Georgia's remote PankisiGorge before his return to Chechnya in the summer of 2002. Back in Chechnya...
taken refuge with Chechen separatists and thousands of refugees in the PankisiGorge. Their efforts have already resulted in 15 Arab militants linked to...
in the Philippines against Abu Sayyaf insurgents. Enduring Freedom – PankisiGorge (2002) Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (2007) US military operations...
Georgia is predominantly Christian, it has Muslim minorities. In the PankisiGorge, home to the Kists, a small Muslim ethnic group, the older generation...