According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the exercises will be held from July 15 to 21 at the Termez training ground. Military units will conduct exercises to identify and destroy illegal armed formations in the event of their entry into the border areas, fight against small enemy groups, and other exercises. The main part of the Russian military contingent is made up of units of the 201st military base located in Tajikistan.

The Ministry of Defense announced that an international competition for shooting from the "Makarov" pistol and "Kalashnikov" machine gun was held at the Chirchik mountain training ground. The Uzbek military won the competition in which representatives of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan took part.

Survivors of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq have the opportunity to sue the American soldiers who sexually assaulted and tortured them in a cruel and inhumane way 20 years ago.