Kabar, officially Kyrgyz National News Agency Kabar (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги «Кабар», romanized: Kyrgyz Uluttuk Maalymat Agenttigi "Kabar"; Russian: Кыргызское национальное информационное агентство «Кабар», romanized: Kyrgyzskoye natsionalnoye informatsionnoye agentstvo "Kabar"), is the official news agency of Kyrgyzstan[1][2] and the oldest news agency in the country.
[3] Three years later it was named the Kyrgyz National Agency for Telecommunications and Information Administration Kabar.
[3] Kuban Abdymen was appointed director in February 2011,[4] succeeding Jyrgalbek Turdukojoev.
[3] The Photographer Mohammed Sobh working for Kabar was killed in the airstrike in Rimal district at the 2023 Israel Hamas war.
[5] Kabar is a member of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).