Around 80% of the state border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan's Batken region has already been equipped with wire barriers, according to the Border Service of the State National Security Committee (GKNB) of Kyrgyzstan. On December 12, GKNB head Kamchybek Tashiyev visited the area where the borders of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan meet.