Tajik soldiers occupied the school in Dostuk village of Batken district

As of 14:00 today, September 16, the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border in Batken region remains tense. Tajik soldiers occupied the school in Dostuk village of Batken district.

This is reported by the Border Service of the National Security Agency.

«Also, the Tajik side is using its residents living near the border as «living» shields, causing great losses among the civilian population,» the report said.

In the morning of September 14, shots were fired in the Bulak-Bashi section of Batken. Tajik border guards opened fire in three other places in Batken. Since the morning of September 16, they have been shelling villages on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.

Tajikistan is using heavy military equipment despite negotiations, UKMK reported.