All villages captured by Tajik military liberated

Bishkek, Sept. 17, 2022. / Kabar /. All the villages captured by the military of Tajikistan have been liberated, but the situation remains difficult, governor of Batken Oblast Abdikarim Alimbaev told.

He said that there was no shooting at night, but the situation is acute. “We will work with the Tajik side at the border until the situation stabilizes. Kyrgyz units worked at night in the captured villages and liberated them from the Tajik military,” he said.

On September 14, Tajikistan showed armed aggression by attacking Kyrgyz border outposts and settlements. On September 16, the Tajik side, violating all previously reached agreements, again attacked border and civilian facilities along the entire perimeter of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border in the Batken region.

Tajikistan used heavy armored vehicles, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and aircraft in an attempt to seize the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, 87 people from the Kyrgyz side were injured, 24 people died, including children.

On the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov met with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. The leaders of the two countries agreed to instruct the relevant structures to cease fire and withdraw forces and assets from the line of contact.

According to data of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Tajik military destroyed the infrastructure of outposts, as well as schools, kindergartens, retail outlets, first-aid posts, and houses. Shouting out nationalist slogans, they showed blasphemy and subjected to abuse the bodies of the dead at the border guards of the Kyrgyz Republic.