Kyrgyz, Tajik security forces clash at the border in water dispute
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Thirteen individuals were injured when Kyrgyz and Tajik security powers traded fire across the boundary and inhabitants heaved rocks at one another in an argument about a water supply on Thursday, the experts on the two sides said.
Battling broke out late on Wednesday on the line between Tajikistan's northern Sughd area and Kyrgyzstan's southern Batken territory due to a line over a water supply and siphoning station situated on the Isfara stream, which the two nations guarantee as to their own.
Local people on the two sides heaved rocks at one another before battling raised and the sides began trading gunfire on Thursday, as per the two nations' security organizations.
Recordings shared via online media showed individuals on the Kyrgyz side sitting in a channel to the sound of firearm fire behind the scenes. Reuters couldn't autonomously check the recording.
Kyrgyzstan's State National Security Committee blamed the Tajik side for utilizing mortars to shell the contested water office, while the Tajik specialists said the office had a place with them and blamed the Kyrgyz servicemen for taking shots at Tajik line monitors.
Tajikistan said that nine individuals on their side have been injured, while Kyrgyzstan detailed four injured.
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