Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan Border Deal | 12 Mar 2025

Source: TH 

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed to exchange disputed lands, improving access to farmland and water resources, bringing an end to their long-standing border conflict. 

• Reasons for Conflict: The conflict arises from border disputes due to differing maps and the arbitrary division of the Fergana Valley, leading to ethnic tensions among Kyrgyz, Tajiks, and Uzbeks.
• Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Both are Central Asian nations, gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
  • Kyrgyzstan borders Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, with Bishkek as its capital.
  • Tajikistan shares borders with Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, with Dushanbe as its capital.
  • Both share the Fergana Valley with Uzbekistan.