17 Sep 2022, 05:50Updated at: 17 Sep 2022, 08:25

Tajikistan shells border settlement with mortars, Kyrgyz border service says

According to the border service, Kyrgyz forces deployed to the Batken Region "are fighting off the enemy’s attack"

BISHKEK, September 17. /TASS/. Tajikistan shelled the Dostuk border settlement in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken District with mortars, the Kyrgyz border service said in a statement on Saturday.

"The Dostuk settlement in the Batken District came under mortar fire at 11:15 am local time. Three Tajik mortar squads opened fire at the settlement," the statement reads.

According to the border service, Kyrgyz forces deployed to the Batken Region "are fighting off the enemy’s attack."

Tensions rose on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border on September 14. According to Bishkek, Tajik border guards crossed the border in the Bulak-Bashy area of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken District on Wednesday and "took up combat positions." In response to Kyrgyz troops’ demand to leave the territory, Tajik border guards opened fire and a shootout ensued. Armed clashes later took place in the Kak-Sai and Pasky-Aryk areas of the Batken Region. According to the latest reports, 24 people were killed and 103 suffered wounds in Kyrgyzstan. The country’s authorities evacuated about 136,000 people to safe places.

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