During the military operations in Afghanistan, part of the housing and communal service payments will be covered for parents who lost their children and for widows. This was stipulated in the relevant decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
According to the decree, amendments have been made to some presidential documents.
Furthermore, a compensation payment mechanism was introduced to cover part of the utility payments for parents and widows who lost their children (or spouse) during the military operations in Afghanistan.
The Afghan War and Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, as part of the former Union, also directly participated in the Afghan War that took place from 1979 to 1989. On December 25, 1979, Soviet troops were introduced into Afghan territory under the slogan of "fulfilling an international duty." The main goal was to preserve a regime friendly to the former Union in the region and to expand the sphere of geopolitical influence. These military operations lasted for 9 years and 2 months.
Uzbekistan, particularly the city of Termez, was considered one of the main logistical centers of the war. Military equipment and personnel were sent into Afghanistan via the "Dustlik" (Friendship) bridge built over the Amu Darya and were withdrawn from there on February 15, 1989.
Major bases for treating the wounded and training troops were located on the territory of Uzbekistan.
During the war years, over 64,500 young men from Uzbekistan were sent to the battlefields. During the combat operations, more than 1,500 Uzbeks were killed, and about 2,500 returned with various degrees of injuries or as disabled.
The soldiers who returned from the war received the status of "internationalist warriors." According to Afghan data, a total of about 2 million people became victims during the war.
