Hundreds of Afghan soldiers have fled over the border to Uzbekistan with dozens of military aircraft and helicopters

• Hundreds of Afghan soldiers fled to Uzbekistan taking 22 military planes and 24 helicopters with them.
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Hundreds of Afghan soldiers fled to Uzbekistan taking 22 military planes and 24 helicopters with them, as the Taliban tighten their grip on Kabul, according to a Reuters report.

The report said one aircraft collided with an Uzbek fighter jet and caused them both to crash.

The Uzbek prosecutor general's office said in a statement that a total of 585 Afghan soldiers arrived on aircraft and 158 more crossed the border on foot, Reuters said.

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