Reports: 6 Wounded in Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Border Clash

A Kyrgyz border guard smokes outside a temporary camp near a frontier border post in the village of Maksat in Batken province, Kyrgyzstan, on May 4, 2021. Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters

MOSCOW—Fighting between the border guards services of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan has wounded at least six people, local news reports said Thursday.

The conflict reportedly began near the Kyrgyz city of Batken after Tajik border guards closed a road that leads to sizable towns in Kyrgyzstan’s west.