Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
Kyrgyzstan
Border Areas
Tensions exist over recognition of the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan borders. There have been violent clashes along the borders involving shelling and the exchange of gunfire.
Border regions with Kyrgyzstan are known to be used as a transit point for smuggling and cross-border criminal activity.