The former Soviet republics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan clashed over a border dispute on September 14-16, 2022. The Kyrgyz-Tajik border crisis started with accusing each other of using tanks, mortars, rocket artillery, and assault drones to attack outposts and nearby settlements. However, The two countries agreed to come into a ceasefire on Sept. 16. The day before the SCO meeting started conflict broke out over territorial disputes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The crisis first broke out in 2021 and since then some 100 people have been killed. The conflict has a serious connotation in the regional geopolitics with the already Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kyrgyzstan accused the Tajik forces used tanks, armoured personnel carriers and mortars to enter at least one Kyrgyz village ...
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