Bishkek, Sept. 14, 2022. / Kabar /. The shootout between border guards on the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border in the Bulak-Bashy area has been completely stopped, governor of Batken Oblast Abdikarim Alimbaev told.
He said that at present, the heads of the Border Service, law enforcement agencies and the State Committee for National Security in the region, together with colleagues from the Sughd region, are investigating the incident.
“In other parts of Batken Oblast and on the border, the situation is calm. The situation is under the control of the Border Service,” the head of the oblast said.
An incident with the use of weapons occurred today between border guards on the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border in the Bulak-Bashy area. According to the Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic, a detachment of the Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan discovered a border guard detachment of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, which, in violation of earlier agreements between the parties, took up combat positions on an undescribed section of the state border. Ignoring the legitimate demands of the Kyrgyz side to leave the territory, the Tajik border guards opened fire. In response, the border guards of Kyrgyzstan also used weapons. During a skirmish between border detachments, the Tajik side used mortars.
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