DUSHANBE, 28.04.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – Today, at 16:00, at the site of the Golovnoy water distribution point located in the upper reaches of the Isfara River near the village of Khojai Alo of Isfara, at the instigation of Kyrgyz citizens led by the Chairman of the Batken district Akylbek Orazov a conflict occurred between the residents of the border regions of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.

As a result of the incident, seven Tajik citizens were injured, who, due to the throwing of stones at the sides, received bodily injuries of varying severity.

This structure is located far from the settlements of Kyrgyzstan, however, the authorities of the Kyrgyz Republic specifically mobilize their citizens from remote settlements and incite interethnic conflict. In accordance with the maps of 1924-1927 and 1989, this hydraulic structure is located wholly on the territory of Tajikistan. It was built in 1968 and is intended for the implementation of irrigation works, watering agricultural farms in border cities and regions of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

However, the Kyrgyz Republic unilaterally occupied this building and uses the capabilities of special-purpose fighters dressed in civilian uniforms against the peaceful Tajik-speaking population of the border regions.