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US gives 16 Mi-17 helicopters procured for Afghanistan to Ukraine: SIGAR

5th May, 2022 · admin

Ariana: The United States is giving Ukraine 16 Mi-17 helicopters that Washington had procured for the former Afghanistan government, a US watchdog agency said Wednesday. This comes after Uzbekistan authorities said last week that dozens of aircraft flown into their country in August last year, during the collapse of the former government, belong to the

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban Air Force Performs Exercises in Balkh Province

30th November, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: Amanuddin Mansoor, commander of the air force, said the pilots who were trained and serving under the former government and who fled the country should return and they will be recruited back into the air force. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Taliban | Tags: Air Force, Balkh |
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Tajiks blame U.S. bureaucracy for delay evacuating Afghan pilots

10th November, 2021 · admin

Reuters: Tajik officials blamed U.S. bureaucracy on Wednesday for a near three-month delay in evacuating U.S.-trained Afghan pilots, who had flown their aircraft to Tajikistan to escape the Taliban takeover of their country in August. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban urge ex-Afghan military pilots to stay, serve nation Afghan Pilots Land

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Posted in Refugees and Migrants, Security, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force, Asylum, Escape from the Taliban |
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U.S.-Trained Afghan Pilots Preparing To Leave On Flight From Tajikistan

9th November, 2021 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service November 9, 2021 Around 150 U.S.-trained Afghan pilots are preparing to depart Tajikistan to be relocated to the United States after nearly three months of detention, pilots and U.S. Embassy officials said. The 143 pilots and about 50 other Afghans, including journalists, are waiting at the airport in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe,

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Posted in Refugees and Migrants, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force, Asylum, Escape from the Taliban |
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143 Afghan Pilots are in Custody in Tajikistan

8th November, 2021 · admin

8am: One of the pilots arrested in Tajikistan told the media that several thousand pilots, crew members, and other Afghan Air Force personnel are currently hiding and feeling abandoned by the US military. According to him, now these pilots and aircrew and their families are hidden and are in serious danger. Click here to read

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Posted in Refugees and Migrants, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force |
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Thanks to America, Taliban now has an Air Force

30th August, 2021 · admin

 WION’s Palki Sharma tells you how America has a history of arming terror groups.

Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force |
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Afghan Forces Launch Air Strikes In South As Taliban Threatens To Target Other Big Cities

5th August, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 5, 2021 The Afghan Air Force on August 5 resumed air strikes against Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan as militants made additional gains in the country’s north. A Defense Ministry statement said air strikes were carried out across the country, including in the southern Helmand Province where government forces are

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan resistance against Taliban, Air Force, Helmand, Herat, Kandahar |
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US Watchdog: Taliban Assassinations of Afghan Pilots ‘Worrisome’

30th July, 2021 · admin

Reuters: At least seven Afghan pilots have been assassinated off base in recent months, two senior Afghan government officials told Reuters, part of what the Islamist Taliban says is a campaign to see U.S.-trained Afghan pilots “targeted and eliminated.” Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force, Assassination |
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Afghan Government Facing ‘Existential Crisis’

29th July, 2021 · admin

Jeff Seldin VOA News July 29, 2021 WASHINGTON – The Afghan government in Kabul will be fighting for its life and could well fall to the Taliban after the United States completes its military withdrawal from the country in August, according to a U.S. government watchdog charged with monitoring events on the ground. Despite a

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force, Ashraf Ghani Government, Ashraf Ghani Government Security Failure |
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Night Curfew Enforced in Afghanistan to Stem Taliban Advance

24th July, 2021 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News July 24, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Authorities in Afghanistan on Saturday enforced an indefinite nighttime curfew across most of the country as government forces struggle to curb Taliban advances. The Islamist insurgent group has made rapid battlefield gains in recent weeks, bringing it close to capital cities of all 34 Afghan provinces

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force, Ashraf Ghani Government, Ashraf Ghani Government Security Failure, Kandahar |
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