Clashes erupted last week over control of local water distribution network Bahtiyar Abdülkerimov | 05.05.2021
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan
The death toll from last week s clashes at a disputed section of the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border has risen to 55, authorities said Wednesday.
The number of Kyrgyz citizens who died in the armed conflict in Kyrgyzstan s Batken region has risen to 36 with 183 injured, said the Kyrgyz Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, the number of Tajiks who lost their lives in the conflict reached 19, including nine soldiers, with 88 others injured, according to media reports.
According to a statement by Kamchybek Tashiev, head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the controversial border s 112 kilometers (69.59 miles) are to be designated by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan by May 9.
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