Border dispute: Tajikistan vs. Kyrgyzstan

Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Will the dispute between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan be settled?

(Al Jazeera English) Inside Story, Sept. 18, 2022. More fighting has taken place between [the formerly Buddhist Central Asian 'stans of] Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan over border territory -- a dispute that goes back to the collapse of the Soviet Union/USSR in 1991.

Skirmishes that started a few days ago have killed and injured dozens of people. Both landlocked nations accuse each other of breaking a recent ceasefire. What's caused this latest round of fighting? 

(WION) ~100 reported dead in clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Clashes between two of the Stans that took place on 9/15-16 killed around

100. The ceasefire is on since Friday after Russia called for de-escalation.

AJE Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra. Guests: Former Kyrgyzstan Ambassador to the US and Canada Kadyr Toktogulov, Director of the Institute of Political Studies in Moscow and a former member of the Russian Parliament Sergei Markov, journalist who specializes in Central Asia Bruce Pannier.

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