10:19, 14 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA
A conflict broke out again on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported.
The incident occurred today, September 14, in Bulak-Bashi area of Batken region. The border guards of Kyrgyzstan discovered a border detachment of Tajikistan. The military personnel of the neighboring country, in violation of the previously reached agreements between the parties, took up combat positions on a disputed section of the state border.
«Ignoring the demands of the Kyrgyz side to leave the territory, the Tajik border guards opened fire. In response, the border guards of the Kyrgyz Republic also used weapons. Exchange of fire began, during which the Tajik side used mortars. As of 9.30 a.m., the shooting periodically resumes. According to preliminary data, there are no victims or wounded from the Kyrgyz side. The head of Batken border detachment left for the scene of the incident. Telephone conversations took place between the head of the Batken Regional Department of the Border Service, Colonel Kiyalbek Tolonbaev and the head of the Sughd Regional Department of the Border Troops of the Republic of Tajikistan, Major General Kh. Pirakzoda, to prevent escalation of the conflict. The parties plan to meet,» the Border Service said.