Go to the media bankKyrgyz Interior Ministry staff near the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. File photoBISHKEK, Sep 16 Presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rahmon agreed to withdraw military forces from the common border, RIA Novosti was told on Friday in the press service of the Kyrgyz leader. It was decided that the chairman of the State Committee for National Security Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiev and his Tajik colleague Saimumin Yatimov will work on the spot, «a commission will be created to investigate the circumstances and causes of the incident.» President. Large-scale clashes on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan began on Friday morning. The parties accused each other of shelling. According to the Tajik side, one Tajik border guard was killed, three were wounded during shelling from Kyrgyz territory. The Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan reported 42 victims.
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