The Isfara ballistic missile attacks (, ) — comprise two separate ballistic missile attacks on the city of
Isfara
Isfara ( tg, Исфара fa, اسفره; russian: Исфара) is a city in Sughd Region in northern Tajikistan, situated on the border with Kyrgyzstan. The city was the seat of the former Isfara District.
There are currently territorial disp ...
,
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, in September 2022, carried out by the
Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic
The Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic (; Kyrǵyz Respublikasynyn Kuralduu Küctörü) is the national military of Kyrgyzstan. It was originally formed from the former Soviet forces of the Turkestan Military District stationed in newly independe ...
during the
2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
A series of sporadic border clashes resumed between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on 27 January 2022, following a series of clashes in 2021 between the two countries.
Kyrgyzstan officials said that the clashes escalated on 14 September 2022, with T ...
.
On September 16, 2022, after the shelling of the Tajik city of Isfara by the Kyrgyz Army, 4 people were killed in an ambulance
On September 18, after shelling by the Kyrgyz army, 5 members of one family and 2 children were killed.
Kyrgyz response
The Border Service of Kyrgyzstan, first accusing Tajikistan of shelling the village of Pasky-Aryk, began retaliatory shelling of Tajik settlements such as
Khistevarz
Khistevarz ( tg, Хистеварз, formerly ''Kistakuz'' or ''Qistaquz'') is a village and jamoat in north-west Tajikistan. It is located in Ghafurov District tg, Ноҳияи Ғафуров
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, motto ...
, Khojai-Alo, Kummazor,
Ovchikalacha,
Surkh,
Isfara
Isfara ( tg, Исфара fa, اسفره; russian: Исфара) is a city in Sughd Region in northern Tajikistan, situated on the border with Kyrgyzstan. The city was the seat of the former Isfara District.
There are currently territorial disp ...
,
Lakkon
Lakkon (Russian and Tajik: Лаккон)is a village and jamoat in northern Tajikistan. It is part of the city of Isfara
Isfara ( tg, Исфара fa, اسفره; russian: Исфара) is a city in Sughd Region in northern Tajikistan, situa ...
,
Somion,
Bobojon-Gafurov,
Chorbog, Kanidabam, Bogiston,
Buston.
USA response
On November 24, the
US Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secu ...
delivered humanitarian aid to Isfara to victims of shelling
[https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20221125/iz-ssha-dostavili-gumpomotsh-dlya-zhitelei-isfari]
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