Crisis in the Pankisi Gorge Georgia in the early 2000s stock footage

Crisis in the Pankisi Gorge, political crisis in the early 2000s that flared up around the Pankisi Gorge. At the time, Al-Qaeda and several extremist groups in the Caucasus increased their presence in this area. The governments of Russia and the United States put pressure on Georgia to clear the region of terrorists, but the Georgian leadership did not take any active steps. By October 2002, there were already several dozen Arab fighters in Georgia

RARE FOOTAGE Crisis in the Pankisi Gorge Georgia footage filmed in the early 2000s