The conflict on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan continues to escalate. Both sides accused each other of heavy weapon attacks on Friday. The Kyrgyz Border Guard said Tajik security forces had opened fire. Clashes broke out all over the border. The Tajik side also used tanks.
Tajikistan in turn accused Kyrgyz troops of attacking a Tajik border post and seven villages with heavy weapons. According to authorities in the city of Isfara, one civilian was killed and three others were injured.
conflict intensifies
In recent years there have been repeated conflicts on the border between the two ex-Soviet republics allied to Russia. In view of the war in Ukraine and the renewed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the current violence is in a different sign.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon are both currently attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan.
The situation in Armenia is relatively calm
Meanwhile, after two days of fierce fighting, the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan appears to be holding out for the time being. The situation is relatively calm, it said Thursday from the defense ministry in the Armenian capital Yerevan.
The ceasefire has been in effect since Wednesday evening, 8 p.m. local time (6 p.m. CEST), as Armenian Security Council secretary Armen Grigoryan said on television.
Source: Krone
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