Skirmish on Kyrgyz-Tajik border: World news recapped

A skirmish broke out on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border between residents of Tajikistan and Kyrgyz border guards, the Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic said in a statement.

“Near Ak-Bosogo village of Leylek District of Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan, a Kyrgyz border guard noticed Tajik citizens, shepherds, who were grazing their cattle on the territory of Kyrgyzstan, 250–300 meters away from the border line,” reads the statement.

As noted, the Tajik citizens ignored the border guards’ demands to leave the territory of Kyrgyzstan; moreover, they hurled stones at the border guards.