A new armed conflict has erupted at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. There are casualties. Photo: Internet According to the press center of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan, “on September 14 at approximately 07:15, border guards from the ‘Bulakboshi’ border post of the Batken border detachment of […]
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A new armed conflict has erupted at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. There are casualties.
Photo: Internet
According to the press center of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan, “on September 14 at approximately 07:15, border guards from the ‘Bulakboshi’ border post of the Batken border detachment of the Kyrgyz Republic fired 4 mortar rounds towards the ‘Kekh’ border outpost of the ‘Isfara’ border detachment of the Republic of Tajikistan, indiscriminately shelling the positions of Tajik border guards using machine guns, automatic rifles, and other firearms. Additionally, extra military forces and resources were deployed to this area of Kyrgyzstan.”
However, the Kyrgyz side accused Tajik border guards of instigating this new armed conflict.
According to RIA Novosti, the Tajik border troops reported that as a result of the mortar shelling from Kyrgyzstan, one Tajik border guard was killed and two others were injured.
It is reported that currently, in order to stabilize the situation and clarify the reasons for the latest border conflict, the head of the border service of the GKNB of Kyrgyzstan for the Batken region, Kiyalbek Tolonbaev, and the head of the regional border troops of the GKNB of Tajikistan for the Sughd region, Major General Hikmatullo Pirakzoda, are on-site. They are conducting negotiations.
Photo: Internet