The Kyrgyz interior ministry said casualties on its side had risen to more than 160, with 34 dead, 31 of them civilians.
Kyrgyzstan has said the ceasefire with Tajikistan was celebrated on Sunday as it accused the citizens of its Central Asian neighbor of crimes during the couple’s worst clashes on its controversial border in decades.
The Kyrgyz interior ministry said casualties on its side had risen to more than 160, with 34 dead, 31 of them civilians.
The ministry also said it had opened 11 criminal cases against citizens of Tajikistan in connection with the violence, including investigations into murder and illegal border crossings.
Clashes between communities by land and water along the much-disputed border are regular occurrences, often border guards are involved.
But the violence that exploded Thursday it was by far the most serious during the 30-year independence of the ex-Soviet couple.
It is understood that Tajikistan, a closed authoritarian state, has also suffered casualties and damage, but has made far fewer statements about the conflict.
A ceasefire agreement had been reached on Thursday evening, but Kyrgyzstan acknowledged that the two sides had continued to fire on Friday and Saturday before national security chiefs met to reinforce the ceasefire on Saturday afternoon. .
Since then, “no shooting incidents have been reported,” a spokesman for Kyrgyzstan’s national security committee, who told the AFP news agency by telephone at 11:00 GMT, described the border as “quiet.” Peaceful, quiet “.
The two national security chiefs also agreed on a border protocol early Sunday, according to the Kyrgyz government’s main website, which offered few details about the deal.
There was no immediate indication that progress had been made in delimiting disputed sections representing more than a third of the 971 km (604 miles) border between the countries.
Charles Stratford, of Al Jazeera, reported Osh in Kyrgyzstan said that citing reports, the situation in the area is “relatively stable.”
“We are hearing reports that the Tajik army has withdrawn from the border, [and] we know there has been a great mobilization of the Kyrgyz army in this area, ”he said.
According to local authorities along these borders, “58,000 people were evacuated from the area, 52,000 of whom report being women and children,” Stratford added.
Kyrgyzstan on Sunday also accused Tajikistan of mistreating ten citizens who it said were taken hostage during the conflict before being released on Saturday evening.
People, including the head of one of the border villages, were injured after being “beaten with sticks” during their abduction, Kyrgyz Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliyev said.
“It simply came to our notice then. We put nine [in hospital], one went to look for his family, “the minister said.
Russia, which maintains military bases in the country, and neighboring Uzbekistan said they were willing to mediate in the conflict.
Clashes broke out on Wednesday over tensions between Kyrgyz and Tajiks over a key piece of river infrastructure.
