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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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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.