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Uzbekistan denies reports it violated Afghan airspace
Uzbekistan’s authorities have denied reports that it has violated Afghanistan’s airspace by flying drones over the neighboring country.
“Some media and social networks have been disseminating information about the supposed violation of Afghanistan’s airspace by unmanned aerial vehicles of the Republic of Uzbekistan,” Uzbekistan’s defense ministry said in a statement on May 1.
“This information absolutely does not correspond to reality. The air forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan have not violated the airspace of neighboring states.”
Earlier, Russia’s Sputnik news agency publishing a video suggested that drones spotted flying over the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, 80 kilometers from the border with Uzbekistan, were Uzbek-manufactured.
Last month, Daesh claimed to have launched a rocket attack against Uzbekistan from Afghanistan. Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, however, rejected the group’s claim.