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Thursday, 04 September 2003
TWO MORE TAJIKS KILLED BY LAND MINES ON UZBEK BORDER
By empty (9/4/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Two Tajik citizens were killed on 2 September by Uzbek land mines on the common border of the two countries. According to Tajikistan\'s Border Protection Committee, the two fatalities brought to 45 the number of Tajik citizens killed since August 2002 by land mines laid by the Uzbek military as part of Uzbekistan\'s efforts to stop penetration of Uzbek territory by militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IDU). A total of more than 60 Tajik citizens are reported to have been killed by the Uzbek land mines.
Two Tajik citizens were killed on 2 September by Uzbek land mines on the common border of the two countries. According to Tajikistan\'s Border Protection Committee, the two fatalities brought to 45 the number of Tajik citizens killed since August 2002 by land mines laid by the Uzbek military as part of Uzbekistan\'s efforts to stop penetration of Uzbek territory by militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IDU). A total of more than 60 Tajik citizens are reported to have been killed by the Uzbek land mines. Tajikistan is in the process of removing landmines left from the Tajik civil war of 1992-97. (RIA-Novosti)