13:28, 17 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Gulmira Makanbai kyzy
More than 136,000 people have been evacuated from the conflict zone in Batken region. Press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan reported.
About 4,458 people are accommodated in temporary centers.
According to updated data, 136,770 citizens were taken out of the shelling zone to safe places.
The State Material Reserves Fund, Osh region and the UN World Food Program in Kyrgyzstan sent humanitarian aid to Batken region.
Emergency situation has been introduced in Batken region. Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. Settlements in Leilek and Batken district came under fire. The Ministry of Health reported 103 victims, 24 people were killed. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts, as well as Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.
Presidents Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rahmon agreed to ceasefire. But, according to the latest data from the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the Tajik side violated the agreements again.