The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic reports that as of 9 a.m. the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border is characterized as tense.
Violating the previously reached agreements, the Tajik side attacked Pasky-Aryk settlement in Batken district with mortars. The shelling was stopped at 8.55 a.m.
The personnel of the units of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, stationed in Batken region, are taking measures to stabilize the current situation.
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 fourth day since September 14. The Ministry of Health reported 24 killed and 87 wounded. 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.
