Afghan military plane crashed in Uzbekistan

An afghan military plane he crashed Sunday in Uzbekistan, the Central Asian country’s defense ministry reported on Monday.

“A military plane illegally crossed the border with Uzbekistan. An investigation is underway “into what happened, ministry spokesman Bakhrom Zulfikarov told the agency. AFP.

The first reports in the local press spoke of the plane crash in Surkhondaryo province, bordering Afghanistan.

Bekpulat Okboyev, a doctor at a hospital in the region, said AFP that two patients in Afghan uniform were admitted to the hospital on Sunday evening. One of them had jumped from the plane “by parachute”. He explained that the two had suffered fractures.

Afghan troops have made several attempts in recent weeks to flee to neighboring Central Asian countries, notably Uzbekistan, since the start of the Taliban offensive in May, when the withdrawal of foreign troops began.

On Sunday alone, 84 Afghan soldiers who fled to Uzbekistan were arrested by that country’s troops on the border.

The most dangerous airspace in the world

As images of the chaos at Kabul airport travel the world and with news of the Afghan military plane crash in Uzbekistan, the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) asked on Monday on all civil flights avoid overflight of the country.

In a Notam (“Notice to Airmen”), the ACAA advised airplanes in transit to depart. And he was frank: “The transit through Kabul airspace will not be controlled”.

Shortly after, Lufthansa, Europe’s largest airline, and Air France, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic suspended overflight over Afghanistan “until further notice”.

“All of the group’s airlines are suspending overflights over Afghanistan until further notice,” Lufthansa, which also owns Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussel Airlines and Eurowings, said in a statement.

Source: agencies

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