Uzbekistan denies reports of plan to return helicopters to Afghanistan

Uzbekistan denies reports of plan to return helicopters to Afghanistan

Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected recent media reports suggesting that the country intends to return military helicopters transferred from Afghanistan to the Islamic Emirate. In recent days, some media outlets had reported that Uzbekistan might be prepared to hand over 57 military helicopters that were flown out of Afghanistan in 2021. However, Press secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan Akhror Burkhanov denied the …