14:43, 16 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Darya PODOLSKAYA
Shelling of Batken city began. Local residents informed 24.kg news agency.
According to them, one of the buildings is on fire. According to preliminary data, it is a result of a rocket strike.
According to the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the vicinity of the airport in Batken and objects on the outskirts of the city came under fire from Tajik multiple launch rocket systems.
Objects of the city’s civil infrastructure were destroyed.
Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. According to the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security, at about 6 a.m. the Tajik side started firing at the border detachments and positions of the Kyrgyz side. Later, the Tajik side began mortar shelling of border outposts and border villages in Leilek and Batken districts. Shooting continues for the third day. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts left their homes.