Tajikistan uses all methods of hybrid warfare against Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, Sept. 16, 2022 . / Kabar / . Tajikistan is using all methods of hybrid warfare against Kyrgyzstan, while spreading false information on social networks and information resources, the press service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan said. Dushanbe blames Bishkek for creating a conflict situation, but the Tajik side has prepared in advance and actively uses tanks, mortars, armored vehicles and Grad multiple rocket launchers. "As can be seen, Tajikistan, attacking cities, villages and settlements, in addition to the border troops also uses all kinds of a number of troops of the armed forces of Tajikistan with the aim of seizing the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Kyrgyz side continues to urge the Tajik side to cease fire, sit down at the negotiating table and jointly resolve the situation," the report says. Today, Sept. 16, the Tajik side again began shelling the border detachments of Kyrgyzstan and the positions of the Kyrgyz side in the areas of Eki-Tash, Chir-Dobo and Kum-Mazar and Orto-Boz from small arms and group weapons. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic handed a note of protest regarding the illegal and destructive actions of the Tajik border guards. Kyrgyzstan calls on the Tajik side to cease fire and direct all efforts to de-escalate the armed conflict and maintain peace and stability on the jointly guarded border.