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A Kyrgyzstan's emergencies ministry serviceman unloads mattresses for citizens, who were evacuated from districts bordering Tajikistan following the fighting along the Kyrgyz-Tajik disputed border, from a truck on the grounds of a hotel in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern town of Batken on April 30, 2021. Kyrgyzstan said on April 30, 2021 that 13 died and dozens of properties were burned during clashes with Central Asian rival Tajikistan, after a ceasefire agreed by the two countries hung in the balance following the heaviest fighting along their disputed border since post-Soviet independence. The clashes that erupted along the border between the two poor, mountainous countries were the heaviest in years and had raised fears they might escalate into a wider conflict. More than a third of the two countries' border is disputed, with the area surrounding the Tajik enclave of Vorukh, where Thursday's conflict erupted, a regular flashpoint over territorial claims and access to water. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)
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