Afghan military jet crashes in Uzbekistan: Report
By Team Newsable | First Published Aug 16, 2021, 3:06 PM IST The Taliban collapsed the Afghan government on Sunday after the insurgents captured Kabul.
In the latest update coming from the war torn country, an Afghan military jet is said to have crashed in Uzbekistan, an Uzbek news website reported on Monday, citing sources and images shared via messaging apps.
The Taliban collapsed the Afghan government on Sunday after the insurgents captured Kabul.
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According to the Gazeta. uz report, the jet crashed late on Sunday in Uzbekistan's southernmost Surxondaryo province adjacent to Afghanistan. It published photographs of medics attending to a man in an air force uniform.
The website also said a source told it that two Afghan military servicemen believed to have also been on the plane were hospitalised in the provincial capital, Termez.
Russia's TASS news agency cited Uzbekistan's defence ministry as saying it was studying reports about the crash. Uzbek authorities could not immediately be reached for comment.
On Sunday, Uzbekistan said it had detained 84 Afghan soldiers who had crossed the border and sought medical help.
(With inputs from agency)
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