A group of Afghans were seen violating the state border and moored to the island in their boats on the territory of Aral Paygambar island on Amu Darya River in Surkhandarya province on August 21. They resisted to the frontier troops of Uzbekistan that arrived at the place. This was reported by the Sarhad.uz Telegram channel of the Border Troops of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan.
“In a swift operation, all violators of the state border of Uzbekistan (24 in total) were detained to establish their identity and conduct investigation,” the report says.
It was established that the reason for the arrival of Afghan citizens to the island is to collect licorice root, which grows in large numbers in the border zone of Uzbekistan.
“Currently, the territory of the Aral Paygambar Island is under the full control of the units of the Border Troops of Uzbekistan,” the message emphasized.
