Tajikistan border clashes

Several people have been killed in heavy clashes at its disputed border with Tajikistan, as officials from the two ex-Soviet countries in a bid to defuse tensions.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

More than a third of the two impoverished, mountainous countries’ border is disputed, with the area surrounding the Vorukh, where recent conflict erupted, a regular flashpoint over territorial claims and access to water.

Vorukh is a jamoat in northern Tajikistan. It is an exclave surrounded by Kyrgyzstan that forms part of the city of Isfara in Sughd Region.

The location of the border of the enclave is disputed by the Tajik and Kyrgyz governments.

In April and May 2021 the region once again brought tensions betrween the two countries – at least 31 people were killed in an ongoing fighting.