Uzbek Forces to Use Drones While Patrolling Afghanistan Border Areas

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited one of the platoons of security guards in the ‘Surkhandarya region’, and emphasized using drones while patrolling Afghanistan border areas.

During the visit of the President of Uzbekistan, Shaukat Mirziyoyev, to Surkhandarya, the border region with Afghanistan, the country’s security forces emphasized the importance of using drones to monitor the border areas.

The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Monday visited a military base of Uzbekistan security guards in Termez, near the Afghanistan border, Uzbekistan Daily reported. During the visit, President Mirziyoyev also evaluated the capabilities of Uzbek forces to use drones while patrolling the border areas between the two countries.

Following the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021, the neighbors of Afghanistan have taken extra security measures in the border areas, and are concerned about the trafficking of weapons and infiltration of religious extremists to their countries, respectively.  

The idea of using drones to monitor the border areas with Afghanistan by Uzbek security forces is due to the security threats they face from fundamentalists and their entry to Uzbekistan. The news daily also highlighted the country’s combat capabilities.

It is noted that along with increasing the combat readiness of the troops, great attention is being paid to the social protection of servicemen and their family members. Comfortable apartments were also built near this platoon.

“It is up to you to calmly fulfill the duties of the defenders of our country and raise children. You are showing great courage by helping your spouse. You are also defenders of the Motherland,” Shavkat Mirziyoyev said to the wives of the soldiers

Over the past couple of months, the Taliban border security forces had several cross-border shelling with its immediate neighbors Pakistani and Iran security forces, which resulted to the death and injury of several security personnel.

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