Central Asia on fire: shootings between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Violence erupted Thursday on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, with clashes occurring in a narrowly defined part of the border , where the territories of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet, at a point where each country has multiple enclaves in the territory of its neighboring states.
The problems reportedly began when a Tajik vehicle was struck by stones on the Kyrgyz side of the border. The incident triggered a response from both nations' border guards, with the military firing warning shots before engaging in a firefight against each other, Sputnik Tajikistan reported.
According to the Kyrgyz border guard, the clash first began when a group of Tajik civilians blocked the road between the Kyrgyz cities of Batken and Isfana, part of which is in Tajik territory.
The incident is said to have been resolved when border guards from the two nations arrived on the scene, but the Tajik army reportedly opened fire at another point on the border, using "mortars and grenade launchers," according to their counterparts. Kyrgyz side.
Tajik officials confirmed the death of a civilian. Two other civilians were reportedly injured and 11 border guards were injured as a result of the violence. The skirmishes also triggered the evacuation of multiple villages located along the intertwined border.
The incident is the latest confrontation on the complex and sparsely demarcated border between the two nations, which saw separate states declare their own borders after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Previous serious incidents on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan erupted last April, when a dispute over a water distribution plant resulted in clashes that resulted in at least 30 deaths and more injuries. All in an area in crisis, between energy problems, which have recently led to major blackouts and a complex international situation, between revolts in Kazakhstan and the Taliban in power in Afghanistan. what was not needed was an armed confrontation between two poor republics
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