Kyrgyzstan’s losses are minimal compared to Tajikistan’s, Security Council Secretary Marat Imankulov said at a press conference.
«According to available data, more than 200 soldiers were killed on the Tajik side, about 400 people were injured,» he said.
It should be noted that the authorities of Tajikistan officially report 35 dead and about 30 injured.
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 163 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.
