The authoritarian Uzbek government has been an important U.S. ally in the fight against extremism and has allowed U.S. troops on its soil since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. But concerns about the government's response to protests in the province of Andijan in May -- human rights groups estimated that hundreds of people were killed -- prompted U.S. officials to encourage Tashkent to allow an international investigation of the incident.
President Islam Karimov then limited U.S. military operations and ultimately notified the U.S. Embassy that the 800 U.S. troops at K2 were no longer welcome.
Am I reading this correctly? I think it says that there were protestors in May and that the Uzbek government killed (an estimated) hundreds. After, the US said that Uzbek should allow an international investigation, and then Uzbek told the US to get out. Is this correct, or did the US government kill hundreds?
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