STORY: The conflict on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is apparently intensifying. Both sides accused each other of attacking with heavy weapons on Friday. The Kyrgyz border guard said Tajik security forces had opened fire. Clashes broke out along the entire border. The Tajik side also used tanks. Tajikistan in turn accused Kyrgyz forces of attacking a Tajik border post and seven villages with heavy weapons. According to the authorities in the town of Isfara, a civilian was killed and three others injured. In recent years, there have been repeated conflicts on the border between the two ex-Soviet republics that are allied with Russia. In view of the Ukraine war and the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which has also flared up again, the current violence is under a different sign. Kyrgyz President Japarov and Tajik President Rahmon are both currently attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan.