15:37, 17 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Darya PODOLSKAYA
Residents of five villages were evacuated in Chon-Alai district of Osh region. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan reported.
The Tajik military reportedly attacked the area with mortars on Saturday.
Units of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, deployed in Osh region, returned fire. However, in order to de-escalate the incident, the Kyrgyz military were the first to unilaterally stop firing.
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.