Uzbekistan reported border violation by dozens of Afghan planes and helicopters

Also on August 15, an Afghan Embraer-314 and a MiG-29 collided in the skies over Uzbekistan, they crashed in the Sherabad district of the Surkhandarya region.

The pilots managed to eject, the department said.

“The General Prosecutor of the Republic of Uzbekistan has initiated a criminal case under Article 223 (2) (b) of the Criminal Code.

The General Prosecutor's Office is investigating, ”the prosecutor’s Telegram channel reported.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan announced the crash of an aircraft of the Air Force of Afghanistan in the border Surkhandarya region.

Later it became known that the crashed plane was shot down by air defense forces while trying to illegally cross the border.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left the country on August 15 shortly after the Taliban * announced that the entire republic was under his control.

Later, the militants entered Kabul without a fight and occupied the city.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.