Video: Uzbekistan shoots down plane with Afghan soldiers on board fleeing Taliban

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

One Military aircraft of the Afghan Air Force that crashed on Sunday in a border area between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan was shot down by the Uzbek anti-aircraft defense, a spokesman said The Ministry of Defense of that Central Asian country.

“Military aircraft illegally crossed the border into Uzbekistan. Ministry spokesman Bakhrom Zulfikarov said an investigation was underway into “what happened,” confirming local press reports that a plane had crashed on Sunday in Surkundario province on the border with Afghanistan.

.️ Two patients in Afghan dress They were taken to the hospital Sunday night.

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He said that one of them jumped from the plane “by parachute”, explaining that both of them had fractures. Afghanistan is already in control of the Taliban, and its president fled abroad on Sunday after the insurgents entered Kabul.

Deprived of vital American support, Afghan forces have repeatedly tried to flee to neighboring Central Asian countries, particularly Uzbekistan, since the Taliban offensive began in May, when the withdrawal of foreign forces began.

On Sunday, 84 Afghan soldiers fled to Uzbekistan The forces of this country stopped them at the border.

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