Uzbekistan SHOOTS DOWN one Afghan fighter plane

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49% : Border guards are seen at a checkpoint at the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan border in Ayritom, Uzbekistan, on SundayUzbekistan's foreign ministry said on Sunday that those Afghan soldiers were detained the night before by Uzbek border guards but had received humanitarian assistance.
46% : The United Nations says nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in May and June in escalating violence, the highest number for those months since records started in 2009Aug. 6 - Zaranj in the south of the country becomes the first provincial capital to fall to the Taliban in years.
43% : This image appears to show another pilot of the aircraft being helped after he crashedThe prosecutor's statement also said that 158 civilians and military personnel had crossed over the Amu Darya river into Uzbekistan by foot on Sunday and were now under criminal investigation.

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