The United States negotiating with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan on the transfer of almost 50 military aircraft that managed to remove from Afghanistan last summer, in exchange for help in the fight against terrorism in this country, writes Politico.
The publication notes that after the Taliban last year, a large -scale operation to establish control over Afghanistan, the Air Force pilots of this republic managed to overtake about 25% of all suitable devices, including several UH helicopters. -60 Black Hawk, Mi-17, Mi-25, as well as light turboprop attack aircraft A-29, general-purpose turboprops of the S-208. Most of them were delivered to the United States.
Politico emphasizes that the fate of these 46 aircraft remains in limbo for more than a year. The Taliban insist that they belong to Afghanistan, and demand them to be returned. The authorities of Uzbekistan say that the aircraft belong to the States.
One of the sources of the newspaper emphasized that in the future, aircraft can be transferred to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in exchange for an unofficial agreement on “deepening relations in the field of security” in the framework of borders and combating terrorism.