A Kyrgyz soldier patrols near a damaged mosque in the village of Maksat near the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, some 1200 kilometres from Bishkek, on September 20, 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. (Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP Photo)
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