The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan reports the death of 46 citizens

140 thousand residents have been evacuated, the agency reports.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan stated that as of September 18, 46 citizens of Kyrgyzstan have died and 140 have been injured, with 140 thousand evacuated.

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However, social media activist Saidabdullo Nuriddin, who mainly publishes news from the border areas of Isfara, rejected these claims from the Kyrgyz side and stated: “At least 150 Kyrgyz servicemen have died in the area of the village of Chorkukh. In the last two days, Kyrgyz have been transporting their dead by helicopters and military trucks.”

On the other hand, according to the chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan Saidjafar Usmonzoda, in the last three days “60 citizens of Tajikistan have died” and dozens have been injured, while the situation at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border remains “complex.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan accuses the Tajik side of a “premeditated armed act of aggression,” stating that “the Tajik side has launched a wide disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the defensive actions of the Kyrgyz Republic.”

Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan in its statement emphasized that “in recent days, in order to create an image of an ‘aggressor’ in the face of its neighbor, the Kyrgyz side, without hesitating to resort to outright lies and insinuations, continues its information campaign against Tajikistan, thereby escalating tensions in the border area.”

This “war” between the diplomatic services of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan began after the law enforcement agencies of both countries accused each other in their official statements of armed attacks, provocations, disinformation, and “information campaigns to discredit” each other.