The Department of Information and Communications of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reports that as of 11.30 p.m. the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border continues to be tense.
Shelling of the positions of the Kyrgyz side continues from the Tajik side, and intense battles are registered in some areas. At 10.20 p.m. the Tajik servicemen began shelling Tamdyk border outpost of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Transfer of additional forces and means, heavy and automotive equipment to the borders of Kyrgyzstan is registered on the territory of Tajikistan. The Tajik side is regrouping forces and means in the border areas near the border of the Kyrgyz Republic opposite Leilek and Batken districts.
The personnel of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security, stationed in Batken region, continues to repel enemy attacks.
It is worth noting that the head of the State Committee for National Security, Kamchybek Tashiev, said live on social media that the shooting had stopped.
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.
