Bishkek, Sept. 19, 2022 . / Kabar / . The evacuation of Batken Oblast residents was the largest in the country's history, Secretary of the Security Council of Kyrgyzstan Marat Imankulov said during a press conference at Kabar News Agency.
He noted that over 130 thousand residents of border villages have been evacuated since the beginning of the events.
"There has never been such a large-scale evacuation in the country's history. All government agencies have worked in a coordinated manner and created 47 evacuation points," Imankulov said.
The secretary of the Security Council noted that the evacuation was carried out by the Emergencies Ministry, the Interior Ministry and local authorities.
The clashes on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border started on Sept. 14.
The Tajik side attacked border guarding and civilian infrastructure objects of Kyrgyzstan along the perimeter of the state border in Batken Oblast. 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 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 nationalist slogans, they showed blasphemy and subjected the bodies of the border guards of the Kyrgyz Republic who died at the post to mockery.
An emergency regime has been introduced in Batken Oblast.
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