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Mar 17, 2010 at 22:45Kyrgyzstan already hosts a U.S. military base in Manas, outside the capital Bishkek, used by Washington as a regional hub for the U.S.-led war in nearby Afghanistan.
A Kyrgyz Defense Ministry statement released Wednesday says the training base — complete with barracks, dining hall, classrooms and an assault course — will be constructed near the southern town of Batken.
No timeframe was mentioned.
The Kyrgyz government last year backed off a threat to evict U.S. forces from Manas after Washington offered to increase the rent it pays threefold.