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KABUL: A Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a Taliban training exercise in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing three, the group’s defence ministry said on Saturday.
“An American Black Hawk helicopter, which was flown ... for training, crashed due to a technical problem inside the campus of the National Defence University,” said Ministry of Defence spokesperson Enaytullah Khowrazmi, adding five people were also injured.
The Taliban took control of some US-made aircraft after they seized the country just over a year ago. It remains unclear how many are operational. US forces deliberately damaged some military hardware as they left and Afghan forces had flown some helicopters to central Asian nations.
Published in Dawn, September 11th, 2022
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Sep 11, 2022 09:51am
Training or experimenting?
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Sep 11, 2022 11:43am
Not a surprise. Taliban has no clue how to maintain US weapons. They will work for a while but eventually without service and spare parts all will come crashing down
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Sep 11, 2022 04:10pm
Tip of an iceberg.
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Sep 11, 2022 07:09pm
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
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Sep 11, 2022 09:58pm
These machines need constant maintenance - something that maybe difficult for Taliban to master.
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Sep 11, 2022 10:18pm
It is better if these Talibans stick to AK 47s , anything else is beyond their mental capacity.
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Sep 11, 2022 11:11pm
Illiterate don't know anything but confidence is high
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Sep 12, 2022 04:43am
Should stick to Toyota pickups. Everything else is too complicated for illiterate minds.
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