KYRGYZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN-CONFLICT

Kyrgyz soldiers gather at an administrative building in Batken near the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in Batken, on September 19, 2022, as the worst violence the two ex-Soviet countries have seen in years broke out last week on their contested border, raising fears of a large-scale conflict. Kyrgyzstan's president called today on the people of the Central Asian country to unite following border clashes with neighbouring Tajikistan that left nearly 100 people dead. The appeal appears to be an effort to prevent any internal unrest in the country that has seen three revolutions since 2005, the last of which in 2020 brought Japarov to power. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP) (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images)