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Images show destruction after Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes

Almost all houses, barns, garages, shops and vehicles have been gutted in the village, which has a population of 2,000, aftert the border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The walls are pockmarked will bullets. The 36-meter bridge, which was built recently and is the only transportation artery to Ak-Say village, was also damaged during the shelling.

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Images show destruction after Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes

Anadolu Agency captured footage of the destruction in the village of Ak-Say in the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan, where border clashes with Tajikistan took place last week.

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Images show destruction after Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes

Almost all houses, barns, garages, shops and vehicles have been gutted in the village, which has a population of 2,000.

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Images show destruction after Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes

The walls are pockmarked will bullets.

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Images show destruction after Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes

The 36-meter bridge, which was built recently and is the only transportation artery to Ak-Say village, was also damaged during the shelling.

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Images show destruction after Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes

Marufhan Tulayev, first deputy governor of Batken region, told Anadolu Agency that nearly 400 buildings, including a mosque, a school, administrative buildings, a health center and a nursery building were damaged in the border region.

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He noted the situation is stable in the Kyrgyz-Tajik border region.

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Tulayev said that those who were evacuated from the region have not yet been allowed to return to their homes, and that they are carrying out damage assessment work in the region.

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In the conflict that took place on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border on Sept. 16, around 100 people on both sides lost their lives.

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Images show destruction after Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes