4 servicemen, 3 people injured as result of border conflict: Kyrgyz Health Ministry

Bishkek, Jan. 28, 2022 . / Kabar / . 4 Kyrgyzstani servicemen were injured as a result of conflict on border with Tajikistan.

The press service of the Kyrgyz Health Ministry reported that nature of injuries - shrapnel wounds.

In addition, 3 more people (local residents) were taken by ambulance to the Batken Oblast United Hospital.

Two of them are diagnosed with "fragmentation wounds to various parts of the body" and one with a "gunshot wound". Their condition is assessed as moderate.

A total of seven people have been affected so far.

On Jan. 27, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Tajik border guards unilaterally blocked a section of the Batken-Isfana road in the area of ​​Tort-Kocho in Batken region of Kyrgyzstan.

As a result of negotiations, at 7:30 p.m. the road section was reopened for traffic.

However, around 7:35 p.m., the situation worsened due to the use of weapons and fire by the Tajik side on the border units of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan in the Chyr-Dobo area of ​​ Batken region. The Tajik side used mortars and grenade launchers.

To date, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed on a complete ceasefire on the border.