The UN World Food Program (WFP) in Kyrgyzstan will deliver 400 tons of food (360 tons of wheat flour and 40 tons of vegetable oil) to Batken. The organization reported on its Facebook page.
«WFP in the Kyrgyz Republic quickly responded to the needs of internally displaced people affected by the most recent developments at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The first batch, 40 tons of food (36 tons of wheat flour and 4 tons of vegetable oil), has already been loaded to the Ministry of Emergency Situations trucks,» the WFP in Kyrgyzstan reports.
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 59 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, as well as from Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.
The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic made an official statement that the heads of the security services of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Kamchybek Tashiev and Saimumin Yatimov, agreed to ceasefire at 4 p.m. Presidents Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rahmon also agreed to ceasefire. The Kyrgyz side completely stopped firing, while the Tajik side reduced intensity. But, according to the latest data from the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the Tajik side opened fire again.
