The takedown took place in the southeastern portion of the country near Surkhandarya where the nation shares a border with Afghanistan.
In an exchange with RIA Novosti, Russia's state news agency, Uzbekistan's Defense Ministry said that the air defense system, "averted an attempt by an Afghan military plane to illegally cross Uzbekistan's air border."
Following the Taliban's seizure of the capital of Kabul, thousands of Afghans were seen crowding the city's tarmac as they looked for a way out of the fallen country.