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.<\/span><\/p>\n

“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.<\/span><\/p>\n

As noted, the Tajik citizens ignored the border guards’ demands to leave the territory of Kyrgyzstan; moreover, they hurled stones at the border guards.<\/span><\/p>\n