Kyrgyzstan announced on Sunday that 12 more people had been killed in border clashes with Tajikistan this week, amid an outbreak of fighting between the Central Asian countries.
Sunday's statement means the current death toll on the Kyrgyzstan side is at least 36, while Tajikistan has not provided exact figures for its dead.
Clashes erupted around the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border on Friday, with both sides accusing one another of using tanks, mortars, rocket artillery and drones -- at times, against civilian settlements.
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Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border Clashes Continue
Death Toll In Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Violence Nears 100 Amid Tense Cease-Fire -- RFE
Death toll rises to 81 in Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border clashes -- Al Jazeera
Kyrgyz-Tajik Conflict Escalates Even Though Presidents Met at SCO -- The Diplomat
Video footage appears to implicate Tajikistan -- Eurasianet
Kyrgyz leader urges calm after deadly conflict with Tajikistan -- Reuters
Putin calls for de-escalation as Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflict death toll nears 100 -- CNN
Putin urges Kyrgyz, Tajik leaders to de-escalate border tensions -- Politico
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