2022 Isfara missile attacks
The Isfara ballistic missile attacks (Tajik: Бомбаборони Исфара, Kyrgyz: Исфаранын жардыруулары) — comprise two separate ballistic missile attacks on the city of Isfara, Tajikistan, in September 2022, carried out by the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic during the 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes.[2]
| 2022 Isfara ballistic missile attacks | |
|---|---|
| Part of 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes | |
 Pilot of Kyrgyz Air Forces | |
| Location | Isfara, Tajikistan |
| Date | 14 September 2022 — 19 September 2022 (GMT+6) |
Attack type | Ballistic missile attack |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 12-35 killed 106 houses completely destroyed, 200 houses partially damaged[1] |
| Injured | 80 |
| Perpetrators | |
On September 16, 2022, after the shelling of the Tajik city of Isfara by the Kyrgyz Army, 4 people were killed in an ambulance.[3]
On September 18, after shelling by the Kyrgyz army, 5 members of one family and 2 children were killed.[4]
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, Khojai-Alo, Kummazor, Ovchikalacha, Surkh, Isfara, Lakkon, Somion, Bobojon-Gafurov, Chorbog, Kanidabam, Bogiston, Buston.[5][6]
USA response
On November 24, the US Department of Defense delivered humanitarian aid to Isfara to victims of shelling.[7]
References
- "В Таджикистане начался ремонт жилья, поврежденного при столкновениях на границе".
- "Погранвойска КГНБ Таджикистана: Кыргызстан наносит удары по гражданским объектам РТ беспилотниками и вертолётами | Новости Таджикистана ASIA-Plus".
- Hambartsumyan, Margarita (16 September 2022). "Четыре человека погибли при обстреле киргизскими военными скорой помощи".
- "Пять членов одной семьи, в том числе двое детей погибли в результате обстрела киргизскими военными". 18 September 2022.
- Amuyeva, Ülviyya (17 September 2022). "Погранслужба Кыргызстана обвинила Таджикистан в обстреле села Паскы-Арык" [The Border Service of Kyrgyzstan accused Tajikistan of shelling the village of Pasky-Aryk] (in Russian). Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- "Таджикистан и Кыргызстан обвинили друг друга в "акте вооруженной агрессии"".
- Aslonova, Nigina (25 November 2022). "Из США доставили гумпомощь для жителей Исфары | Новости Таджикистана ASIA-Plus".