The press service of the President of Uzbekistan called the news about the ISIS - Khorasan attack on its borders a provocation
Dushanbe, April 18 - Sangar, Firdous Nezam. The terrorist organization previously said in a video that it fired six rockets at Uzbek border guards.
In a statement released by the press service of the President of Uzbekistan, the claims are refuted.
"The information disseminated by some Telegram channels about the alleged rocket attack from the territory of Afghanistan of the units of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan in the region of Termez is absolutely untrue," the report says.
The source also cites the Ministry of Defense and the Border Troops of Uzbekistan that there is no military activity on the Uzbek-Afghan border, and the situation is stable.
“We ask you not to succumb to provocations,” the press service of the President of Uzbekistan said in a statement.
Earlier, the Daesh-Khorasan terrorist group said it had carried out its first attack on Uzbekistan this morning. It was impressed on a video allegedly from this attack.
Rockets fired at the Uzbek city of Termiz at 10 am on Monday, April 18, from the city of Bandar-Hairatan. There were no reports of casualties in the attack.
The Daesh-Khorasan terrorist group has published a photo claiming that its fighters attacked Uzbek soldiers in the Termiz border zone on the border with Afghanistan.
This is the first warning of terrorists from the borders of Afghanistan to the countries of Central Asia.
Earlier, sources from the Sangar website in Balkh province said that Uzbekistan was fired upon with a BM-1, a heavy flamethrower multiple rocket launcher.
“The terrorists are surrounded. An operation is underway,” the source said.
There is still no information about the arrest or neutralization of the militants.
More details will be published.
