The situation has escalated on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border and there is a shootout. This was reported by the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) of the Kyrgyz Republic.

"In the period from 17:30 to 18:00, the border guards of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan unilaterally blocked the section of the Batken-Isfana road in the area of ​​Tort-Kocho, Batken region. Kyyalbek Tolonbaev and the head of the Batken border detachment, Colonel Rustam Mirshakirov," the Kyrgyz border service said in an official statement.

The State Committee for National Security also reported that the border units deployed on this section of the border in the Batken region have been transferred to an enhanced duty regime.

As the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic informed at 19:35 Bishkek time, the situation worsened due to the use of weapons and fire by the Tajik side on the border units of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Chir-Dobo area of ​​the Batken region. The main skirmishes between units of the border troops of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were noted in the areas of Tort-Kocho and Chir-Dobo. The Tajik side uses mortars and grenade launchers.

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