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Uzbekistan says 750 Afghan troops have arrived there
BBC News ^ | August 16, 2021

Posted on 08/16/2021 11:43:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Uzbekistan says about 750 Afghan military personnel have arrived in the country in the past 48 hours.

About 600 of those were aboard Afghan military aircraft, while a further 158 troops crossed into the country on Sunday.

Uzbekistan shares a narrow northern border with Afghanistan.

Uzbek authorities said they forced down 46 military aircraft in the southern city of Termez.

According to the Uzbek prosecutor-general's office, one Afghan aircraft and the Uzbek fighter jet that was escorting it collided. Both pilots ejected.

Video posted to social media showed an Afghan Black Hawk helicopter on the ground on what was said to be an Uzbek farm with about ten Afghan air force crew onboard.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; california; nancypelosi; taliban; uzbekistan; waronterror
The Afghan Air Force…
1 posted on 08/16/2021 11:43:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Turned tail and ran ..


2 posted on 08/16/2021 11:44:38 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

what is this about? Catching the fleeing President or trying to overthrow a country

I cant even spell the name of the country. What is there worth fighting for. Must be something valuable.


3 posted on 08/16/2021 11:45:32 AM PDT by RummyChick (Bagram was the most logical exit point. Stand up and justify your decision (hat tip Larrytown))
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To: Col Frank Slade

At least I’m glad they didn’t leave the aircraft for the Taliban.


4 posted on 08/16/2021 11:46:13 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: RummyChick

Afghan military bugging out.


5 posted on 08/16/2021 11:47:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

yeah,,,most likely answer


6 posted on 08/16/2021 11:48:38 AM PDT by RummyChick (Bagram was the most logical exit point. Stand up and justify your decision (hat tip Larrytown))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“one Afghan aircraft and the Uzbek fighter jet that was escorting it collided. Both pilots ejected.”

Jimmy Carter’s “Desert One”.


7 posted on 08/16/2021 11:50:52 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Uzbek’s — ie. a component of the “Northern Alliance”.

I think it’s useful to think of **Afghanistan** as the Pashtuns and ‘everybody else’.


8 posted on 08/16/2021 11:52:38 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

and KEEP them there


9 posted on 08/16/2021 12:58:09 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
 
 
Shades of World War 2. Like the Wehrmacht fleeing ahead of the Soviet advance.
 
 

10 posted on 08/16/2021 3:59:38 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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