US transfers ‘some aircraft’ used by former Afghan army to Uzbekistan 

washington — The United States has handed over to the Uzbek government possession of aircraft that former Afghan air force personnel flew to Uzbekistan after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021. A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department told VOA on Thursday that the ownership of “some aircraft” was transferred to Uzbekistan as part of the Department of Defense’s Excess Defense Articles program. “This transfer was agreed in the context of our strong bilateral cooperation on counterterrorism...