What did happen on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan?
In recent days, in order to create the image of an "aggressor" in the person of its neighbor, the Kyrgyz side, not shunning outright lies and insinuations, continues an information campaign against Tajikistan, thereby escalating tension in the border area. On September 17, in his address to the nation, the President of Kyrgyzstan used the word “enemy” in relation to Tajikistan, which does not correspond to the spirit of friendship and good neighborliness.
Author: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan
Unofficial translation: "Sangar"
INFORMATION MESSAGE ON THE SITUATION ON THE TAJIK-KYRGYZ BORDER:
1 - The border troops of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, with the support of other formations of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic, on September 14 at 7:15, without any reason, committed an act of armed aggression against the Republic of Tajikistan. As a result of hostile actions, including the shelling of the positions of the Kekh post of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan with the use of mortars, machine guns, and other small arms, two servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan were killed.
2 - Simultaneously with the provocative actions, the Kyrgyz side carried out the transfer of additional forces and heavy equipment to the border areas.
3 - On the same day, at about 2:10 pm, after the regime announced a ceasefire, Kyrgyz military personnel attacked the settlements of Langar and Sari Bozor using group weapons. In addition, during the shelling of the building of secondary school No. 47 of Chorkuh Jamoat, students and teachers of this educational institution were injured.
4 - Despite the agreement on the de-escalation of the situation and the withdrawal of additional forces, on September 16 at 04:50, Kyrgyz military personnel began shelling the "Dushanbe" frontier post using heavy weapons. The military personnel of the Kyrgyz Republic carried out an armed attack on the settlements of Khojai Alo, Qummazor, Surkh, Somoniyon, Kulkand of the city of Isfara, Khistevarz and Ovchi-Qalacha of Bobojon Ghafurov district, using military equipment. In particular, the residential areas of the village of Chorqishloq in the city of Isfara were subjected to massive shelling from infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers.
5 - At about 06:30 on the same day, servicemen of the special forces of the Kyrgyz Republic, invaded the territory of the village of Boghdori, jamaat Chilgazi, the city of Isfara, burned 16 houses of local residents, and looted them. Having illegally entered the house of an elderly woman, they killed her with particular cruelty.
6 - Targeted attacks by military personnel of the Kyrgyz Republic were subjected to civilian infrastructure facilities. The power line "Shurob" was damaged, the bridge in the village of Chorqishloq was attacked, and massive arsons were committed in the houses of civilians and auxiliary structures in the settlements of Boghiston and Lakon in the city of Isfara. Five members of the same family, including a 6-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy, and a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, were killed by the fire of the Kyrgyz military in the jamaat Chorkuh.
7 - From 07.30 a.m. the Kyrgyz side opened fire along the entire line of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. Massive attacks with heavy weapons on settlements were recorded in the village of Madaniyat, Jabbar Rasulov district. In this direction, the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic used 20 units of heavily armored vehicles, redeployed in advance for an armed invasion of the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan. The building of the secondary school in the village of Boghiston in the city of Isfara was shelled. The fire of 8 tanks and 2 armored personnel carriers destroyed and burned 8 houses in the village of Boghiston, Isfara. At the same time, the houses of civilians in the village of Somoniyon were subjected to massive shelling by 10 armored reconnaissance vehicles (BRDM) of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic.
8 - In addition, at about 07:35, 09/16/2022, as a result of a mortar attack from the Kyrgyz side on the settlement of Khistevarz jamaat, Babajan Ghafurov district, two women, born in 1948 and 1962, were killed, and five members of their family were injured to varying degrees, including minors.
Despite repeated attempts by the Tajik side to achieve a ceasefire and the resumption of peace negotiations, the Kyrgyz side continued shelling the settlements of the city of Isfara, as well as the territory of Bobojon Ghafurov and Jabbar Rasulov districts.
9 - On September 16, 2022, at approximately 19:10, after the announcement of a ceasefire, the Kyrgyz military again opened fire on the secondary school N225 of the Chorkuh jamaat of the city of Isfara, as a result of which significant material damage was caused to this educational institution. Also, during the shelling from the Kyrgyz side, the building of secondary school No. 64 of the indicated jamaat was completely burned.
10 - Contrary to the generally accepted principles of humanism and in violation of the norms of International Humanitarian Law, Kyrgyz military personnel fired from armored vehicles at an ambulance in the village of Chorqishloq, jamaat Zumrad, city of Isfara, which was transporting wounded civilians. As a result of this attack, five members of the same family were killed, including two children, Asmoa born on July 11, 2016, and Imron, born on December 5, 2017 (in the photo), an ambulance paramedic and a driver.
11 - In addition to heavily armored vehicles, after the signing of protocol No. 41 of 09/16/2022 on declaring a ceasefire from 16:00 on the same day between the heads of the two commissions - Yatimov S.S. and Tashiev K.K., the Kyrgyz side used combat helicopters and attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during the attack. As a result, UAV strikes from the Kyrgyz side on the building of school No. 8 of the Ovchi-Qalacha jamaat of the Bobojon Ghafurov district killed 6 civilians and a UAV attack on a mosque in the same jamaat killed 12 and injured more than 20 civilians, including a seven-year-old child.
12 - Continuing their provocative actions and aggression against the Republic of Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz military in the early morning of September 17 once again violated the ceasefire and carried out mortar shelling of the Chorkuh jamaat and a section of the Chorqishloq highway of the Chorkuh jamaat of the city of Isfara.
13 - At 11:10 p.m., servicemen of military unit 707 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan opened fire with all types of weapons at the border outpost "Dushanbe" of the Isfara Border Detachment. Troops of special units of Kyrgyzstan fired at the village of Somoniyon of Jamoat Chorkuh of the city of Isfara.
14 - At 11:50 a.m., Kyrgyz servicemen using multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) shelled the village of Todzhvaron, Lakhsh district of Tajikistan. As a result of this attack, several civilians were injured, including women and children, and 3 residential buildings were destroyed. It should be emphasized that no conflict cases were recorded in this area and the concentration of forces and means of the Kyrgyz side in this area, taking into account the complexity of the terrain, requires more than one week. During the day, Kyrgyz military personnel fired at settlements in the border zone of the Lakhsh region three times using MLRS. School No. 15 in the village of Tojvaron was attacked, as a result of which 3 students were injured.
15 - In recent days, in order to create the image of an "aggressor" in the person of its neighbor, the Kyrgyz side, not shunning outright lies and insinuations, continues an information campaign against Tajikistan, thereby escalating tension in the border area. On September 17, in his address to the nation, the President of Kyrgyzstan used the word “enemy” in relation to Tajikistan, which does not correspond to the spirit of friendship and good neighborliness.
