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The Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan on Monday, August 16, confirmed the fact of the crash of an Afghan Air Force plane in the Surkhandarya region of the republic.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called shocking the footage distributed on the Network, in which, presumably, two Afghans fell from a plane leaving Kabul.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said that after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the British military had no real opportunity to stay there alone, without allies, Sky News reports.

The candidate for Chancellor of Germany from the Christian Democratic Union of the CDU, Armin Laschet, called the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban (the terrorist organization "Taliban" is banned in the Russian Federation) a defeat for NATO.

The militants of the Palestinian group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, congratulated the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) on the rapid capture of Afghanistan, the Associated Press reported on Monday.

The Armed Forces of Kazakhstan have taken measures to strengthen vigilance against the background of the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan: the task has been set to monitor the situation in the region, organize round-the-clock duty of forces and means, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the republic reported.

Two pilots are in a serious condition in the hospital

An Afghan Air Force plane that crashed in Uzbekistan was shot down while trying to illegally cross the border, two pilots are in a serious condition in hospital, the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan reported on Monday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the operation of NATO forces in Afghanistan was not successful, lessons should be learned from what happened.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed the situation in Afghanistan during a telephone conversation on Monday.

Baku claims shelling from the Armenian side

An exchange of fire between Armenian and Azerbaijani servicemen took place on Monday evening on the Gegharkunik section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, there are dead on both sides, the Armenian Defense Ministry reports.

Russia is currently the world's leading country in the field of hypersonic weapons and missile defense systems (ABM), the head of the Strategic Command (STRATCOM)said US Armed Forces Admiral Charles Richard.

The United States is fully confident that if the Taliban (the Taliban movement, a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) captures Afghanistan, this government will not have recognition in the world community. This was stated at a regular briefing on Thursday, August 12, by the head of the press service of the State Department, Ned Price.

The Russian Federation avoids direct confrontation to strengthen its international role, but resorts to pressure against other countries and to cyber operations, the head of the US Strategic Command, Admiral Charles Richard, said on Thursday.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin assured in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that they continue to provide assistance to the Afghan government in the conditions of the offensive of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), the US State Department said.

The Government of Canada will send a special forces unit to Kabul, which will ensure the safety of employees of the Canadian embassy during its evacuation and before closing, the Associated Press reported, citing an informed source.

The Russian-Chinese maneuvers were conducted to increase the ability to jointly respond to risks and challenges. China and Russia are able to jointly maintain peace and stability in the region.

The militants of the Taliban movement banned in Russia continue their active offensive on the cities. Kunduz also fell. The remnants of the government garrison retreated to the airfield. Those who did not have time to evacuate, surrendered to the militants. And they occupied the airfield, having received trophies. The Taliban had a Mi-35 helicopter in their hands.

The Taliban were able to capture Kandahar because of the flight of Afghan troops, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan, director of the Second Department of Asia of the Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti.

Iran is developing a so-called kamikaze drone program in connection with the military escalation in the Middle East. Experts of the Project on Combating Extremism (CEP, headquarters in Washington) warn that the new tactics of the use of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the Iranians is a "key element" of Tehran's efforts to expand its influence in the region, writes the Saudi newspaper Arab News.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, highly appreciated the joint actions of Russian and Chinese servicemen during the Sibu/Interaction-2021 exercise, the active phase of which took place in the People's Republic of China at the Qingtunxia training ground.