As of 8 a.m. on September 19, the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border in Chon-Alai district of Osh region and Batken region remains tense. The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
The night of September 19 passed calmly, without incident, no violations of the ceasefire agreements were recorded.
The units of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, deployed on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the border, are on combat alert.
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 144 victims, 59 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.
By the decree of the President Sadyr Japarov, September 19, 2022 was declared a Day of National Mourning in the Kyrgyz Republic.
