[6] The wreckage of the Il-76 was located the following day in the Ghorband District, around 50 km (31 mi) north-west of Kabul.

[5][13] The Azerbaijani ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan considered that reports indicating technical problems with the aircraft were not true, and that in his opinion the Taliban were indeed responsible for its loss.

[14] Silk Way Airlines temporarily halted its operations to Afghanistan following the accident, resuming them on 21 July.

[13][1] On 25 July, the remains of the crew members were delivered to the Association of Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy of the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan in Baku.

Members of the IAC and representatives of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan successfully downloaded the recorded information.

Analysis of the CVR suggested that at the time of the crash, the aircraft was under the captain's command, and that contrary to normal practice, he was flying visually and without assistance from Bagram air traffic control.