Kyrgyz and Tajik military firing at each other
Shooting is heard again on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, the military of both countries are firing at each other. One gets the impression that Russia will have more problems not from the Afghan Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), but from its irreconcilable allies in the CSTO.
On July 24, the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan informed the public that in the Kum-Mazar area of the Batken district of the Batken region of the country, the Tajiks, without the consent of the Kyrgyz, began to clear the site of sand. Local residents, representatives of local authorities and border guards of Kyrgyzstan promptly arrived at the site of the work.
They demanded that the Tajiks stop working, but they refused and even tried to beat one Kyrgyz. A verbal skirmish began, which grew into a scuffle and mutual throwing of stones between opponents. Then the Tajik border guards started shooting in the direction of Kyrgyzstan and the Kyrgyz border guards opened fire in response.
There are no victims from the Kyrgyz side. After that, in the Tumba area of the specified region of the mentioned region, negotiations were held between representatives of border agencies, heads of regions and local law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Following the meeting, an agreement was reached on the inadmissibility of carrying out any work in the areas of the Kum-Mazar areas of Kyrgyzstan and Somonien (Dakhma) Tajikistan
- to be specified in the communiqué of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The parties agreed that the border guards of both countries will now strictly adhere to the "line of conduct" to prevent such dangerous incidents. Moreover, now joint patrols of this problem area will be carried out by the squads of the internal affairs bodies of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Information from the Tajik side is being specified.
We remind you that at the end of April on the border between these Central Asian states once again broke out intercommunal (ethnic) conflict. After that, Dushanbe and Bishkek, once again, assured the international community that this "should never happen again."
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