Tajik side used mortars during shooting on state border

Bishkek, June 3, 2022. /Kabar/. In an incident on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border with the use of weapons, the Tajik side used mortars, the press service of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan reported.

While on duty in the Bulak-Bashy area of Batken region, a Kyrgyz border guard detected Tajik border guards who had illegally crossed the conditional border line into Kyrgyz territory.

“Ignoring the legitimate demands of Kyrgyz border guards to leave Kyrgyz territory, Tajik border guards opened fire on Kyrgyz servicemen. An exchange of fire ensued between the border guards of the two countries, during which the Tajik side used mortars,” the report said.

Shooting stopped at 2:15 p.m., there are servicemen injured on both sides.

Earlier, the SCNS Border Service of Kyrgyzstan reported that while on duty in Bulak-Bashy area of Batken region of Batken Oblast, a border guard unit of SCNS Border Service detected border guards of the Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security who had illegally crossed the conditional border line and entered Kyrgyz territory. Ignoring the legitimate demands of Kyrgyz border guards to leave Kyrgyz territory, Tajik border guards opened fire on Kyrgyz servicemen.

An exchange of fire ensued between the border guards of the two countries, during which the Tajik side used mortars.

Later, the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan reported that Tajikistan deployed heavy equipment on the border line.

"The Border Service of the Kyrgyz SCNS records the relocation of military heavy equipment to the border line by the Tajik side. All measures are being taken to prevent the escalation of the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border," the report said.