Armed clashes are taking place along the entire perimeter of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border, the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported, Trend reports citing Kabar.
The report said that as of 08:25 Friday morning the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border continues to be tense.
The Tajik side began shelling the areas of Kulundu, Maksat and Zhany-Zher in the Leilek region of Batken Oblast.
The servicemen of the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan are deployed in this direction and firing back.