2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes

2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
	Part of the post-Soviet conflicts
	; Map showing areas where clashes broke out within Kyrgyzstan
Date	27 January 2022 ; 10 March 2022 ; 3 June 2022 ; 14 June 2022 ; 14–20 September 2022
Location	Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border
Result	Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
Tajikistan; Afghan mujahids (per Kyrgyzstan)	Kyrgyzstan
Commanders and leaders
Emomali Rahmon; Saimumin Yatimov; Sherali Mirzo; Shokh Iskandarzoda	Sadyr Japarov Kamchybek Tashiev; Baktybek Bekbolotov;
Units involved
Tajik Armed Forces; Border Guard Service; OMON;	Kyrgyz Armed Forces; SCNS Kyrgyzstan; Border Guard Service; Scorpion 25th SFB; BSF "Börü";
Casualties and losses
83 killed (per RFE/RL); 200+ killed, 400+ injured (per Kyrgyzstan)	63 killed
	139 wounded; 136,000 evacuated

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. These events took place before and during Russia's invasion of Ukraine that began a month before the second clashes.

Kyrgyzstan officials said that the clashes escalated on 14 September 2022, with Tajik forces using tanks, APCs, and mortars to enter at least one Kyrgyz village and shelling the airport of the Kyrgyz town of Batken and adjacent areas. Both nations blamed each other for the fighting. The border conflict continued for two days, after which the parties were able to agree to a ceasefire on the night of 16 September 2022, which only held for about a day.

Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov said in a televised address that his country would continue efforts to resolve the Kyrgyz–Tajik border issues in a purely peaceful way. Tajikistan's foreign ministry stated that the key to resolving the conflict lay in negotiations, and it reiterated its position that Kyrgyzstan had instigated the fighting. Russian news agencies reported that both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan had agreed to pull out additional military hardware and forces from the border, citing a statement from the head of the Sughd Region of Tajikistan. On 20 September 2022, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan signed a peace deal.

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