The Kyrgyz side said Tajik border guards opened fire on its outpost. The enemy responded with mortar fire.
The shelling of the Kyrgyz border outpost from Tajikistan took place early on Friday, August 16. The Russian news agency Interfax reported it in connection with the border service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan.
“At 06:00 (03:00 Kyiv time), the Tajik side started shooting at border detachments of the Border Guard Service of Kyrgyzstan and the positions of the Kyrgyz side in the areas of Eki-Tash, Chir-Dobo and Kum-Mazar and Ortho-Boz from small arms,” the statement said. in the message.
Half an hour later, the Tajik side began mortar shelling in the area of responsibility of the Kok-Tash border outpost of the Batken border detachment.
According to media reports, border service units of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan deployed on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in the Batken region are on duty in an enhanced regime.
The situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border is characterized as tense.
It will be remembered that on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of Wednesday, September 14, there was a shootout.
There have been several shootings in this area over the past few months. In particular, on June 3, it lasted for several hours, two servicemen of Kyrgyzstan were injured. Tajikistan accuses Kyrgyzstan of inciting border clashes.
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