The Tajik side burned and destroyed houses made of SIP panels in Batken region of Kyrgyzstan, built by the Government of Turkey. The video was posted on social media.
At the end of April 2021, the military of Tajikistan provoked another armed conflict. 189 Kyrgyzstanis were injured, 36 people were killed, including children.
Then 140 houses were completely destroyed in Leilek and Batken regions. All of them were restored by the Government of Turkey.
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. At least 42 people were wounded. 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.
