"Five people have been killed in a firefight between border guards and intruders on Tajikistans border with Afghanistan, the Tajik border protection agency says. Heavily armed raiders from Afghanistan crossed into Tajikistan at the village of Kavo in the Shamsiddin Shokhin district on Tuesday and were located on Wednesday, according to a statement by the border agency published by Tajik news agency Khovar."
"The border agency said the men attacked a guard post, killing two border guards, and three of the intruders died in the ensuing gun battle. The border guards secured the weapons and ammunition used by the intruders, including grenades, three M-16 rifles, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, three foreign-made pistols with silencers, 10 hand grenades, a night-vision scope, explosives and other ammunition at the scene, the agency said."
Armed raiders from Afghanistan crossed into Tajikistan at the village of Kavo in Shamsiddin Shokhin district and were located the following day. The men attacked a guard post, killing two Tajik border guards; three intruders died during the ensuing gun battle, leaving a total of five dead. Border guards recovered grenades, three M-16 rifles, a Kalashnikov, three foreign-made pistols with silencers, hand grenades, a night-vision scope, explosives and other ammunition. The incident is the third recent deadly border clash affecting Tajik border guards and civilians. Tajikistan called on Afghan leadership to apologise and vowed to defend its territorial integrity.
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