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Uzbek president to allow US non-military transport
Uzbek president to allow US non-military transport
Uzbek President Islam Karimov (pictured) has agreed to allow US non-military supplies to Afghanistan to transit through his country. The announcement comes after nearby Kyrgyzstan said it would close its US military base.

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AFP - Uzbekistan has agreed to allow the United States to transport non-military supplies through its territory to neighbouring Afghanistan, President Islam Karimov said Wednesday.

"Uzbekistan has agreed to allow non-military, I underline, non-military cargo to be transited through Uzbek territory to Afghanistan, in accordance with exisiting Uzbek legislation," Karimov told reporters.

The United States has been seeking new transit routes to supply coalition forces in increasingly unstable Afghanistan since nearby Kyrgyzstan announced the closure of a key US airbase on its territory earlier this month.

 

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