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| According to the Ministry of Defense, the test flight was conducted near Kabul Airport (Photo: Reuters). |
In Afghanistan, the Taliban have conducted test flights after repairing defunct planes and helicopters left by foreign forces.
A plane on behalf of the Afghan Ministry of Defense was flown into the capital Kabul on Wednesday.
When the Taliban took control of the country a year ago, the foreign forces had left behind a large number of equipment, including a plane and helicopters.
were included, however they were unflyable and were now repaired.
According to the report, the flight of planes and helicopters flying near Kabul Airport was kept very low.
One of the helicopters is a Russian-made Mi-24, while the other two are American-made.
Defense Ministry Spokesman Inayatullah Khwarazmi told.
that 'the Taliban have recently repaired some helicopters that were test flown.'
He did not specify which country they were made in, but said that 'all types of aircraft' had been tested.
It was not clear where or who provided the technical assistance to repair the helicopters.
Other experts will be inducted into the security forces.
A statement from the Ministry of Defense said that its team of engineers recently repaired 35 tanks, 15 Humvees and 20 American Navastar vehicles.
In August last year, the Taliban took control of the country.
A celebration was organized to mark his birthday, in which the hardline group expressed their joy through aerial fire.
The US military destroyed 70 planes and dozens of military vehicles on the way, while air defenses at the airport before leaving Kabul.
The system was also disabled. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said that between 2002 and 2017, the United States provided the Afghan government with more than $28 billion in defense equipment, including weapons, vehicles, and night vision devices. ,
ships and other surveillance equipment were involved.
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