TASHKENT, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan has sent specialists to Afghanistan to help restore the Mazar-i-Sharif airport in the north of the country, an Uzbek official said Friday.
"Currently, our specialists are engaged in the repair of navigation equipment and the reconstruction of the runway," Ismatulla Irgashev, Uzbek president's special representative for Afghanistan, told reporters.
"Most of the repair work has already been completed. I think it will continue for a maximum of another month," he added.
A technical team of 30 people from Uzbekistan arrived in Afghanistan in early November at the request of the latter's interim government. Enditem