Tajik side fires mortars again violating previously reached agreements

Emergencies 0

Bishkek, Sept. 17, 2022. / Kabar /. Having violated the previously reached agreements, starting from 08:50 to 08:55, the Tajik side fired mortars at Kyrgyz village of Pasky Aryk in Batken region. At 8:55 the shelling was stopped, the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported on Saturday.

As of 09:00 on September 17, 2022, the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border is characterized as tense, the report said.

The personnel of the units of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, stationed in the Batken region, are taking measures to stabilize the current situation.

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.

Comments

Post Comment