Posted on 09/14/2022 1:00:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Tajik side said in a statement that Kyrgyz border guards opened unprovoked gun and mortar fire on their outpost, killing one border guard and injuring another two, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Kyrgyzstan did not immediately report any casualties. More than one-third of the two countries’ 1,000km (600-mile) border remains disputed.
Both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are allied with Russia and host Russian military bases, but fighting over border issues is frequent and last year almost resulted in an all-out war between the former Soviet republics.
Russia called on its Central Asian allies to take urgent measures to bring the situation on the border between the two countries back under control, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a foreign ministry source.
A similar clash in June killed a Tajik border guard. Serious escalations are rare, but fears of a wider conflict stirred last year when dozens died in the worst confrontation between the pair in more than 30 years of post-Soviet independence.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
Good. Maybe the Turks can do a better job that the Russkies.
“Even Putin’s “good friend” Ramzon Kadyrov, the guy Putin installed as the puppet head of Chechnya has been going off the reservation and criticizing Putin and the war lately.”
Because Kadyrov knows if Putin continues down this road and gets himself “accidented”, then the Chechens will eat Kadyrov for breakfast. In tribal societies, the other tribe always shakes your hand while the other hand is behind their back holding a knife at the ready.
Stan versus Stan or Satan (followers) versus Satan (followers). Let them go at it.
Eyepatch McCain. Sounds like a Dick Tracy villain.
“Take a close look at the borders between the stans. The borders are quite chaotic and there are tiny enclaves all along these borders. Look at Google Maps application for any number of examples. A sure fire recipe for conflict unless you have folks of good will on both sides. And they don’t.”
That’s a fact.
“Eyepatch McCain.”
During my long life I’ve known a few people who had lost an eye, and not one of them ever wore an eye patch. They all had prosthetic eyes. The eyes looked normal.
i find the triangulation of turkey in all this interesting. if edrogan manages to thread this needle all the way to the other side it will be quite remarkable.
I assume ultimately the US is behind azerbaijan attacking armenia, and any other former SSR unrest that flares up near-term. (as well as kosovo)
LOL!...They could buy a vowel!.................. 😎
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