Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan border clashes force evacuation of hundreds

A Kyrgyz Emergencies Ministry serviceman carries mattresses for citizens, who were evacuated from districts bordering Tajikistan following fighting along the Kyrgyz-Tajik disputed border, on the grounds of a hotel in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern town of Batken, on April 30, 2021. (Photo by AFP)

Images show people gathered in a hotel after hundreds were evacuated from villages affected by fighting along the Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan border.

The clashes that erupted along the poorly demarcated border between the two mountainous countries over a reservoir and pumping station are the heaviest in recent years and have raised concerns they might escalate into a wider conflict.

(Source: AFP)


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