The Taliban’s protection ministry mentioned not less than three Afghan crew members had been killed on Saturday when a US-made Black Hawk helicopter crashed.
Five others had been injured within the crash throughout a coaching session below the supervision of Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry within the capital of Kabul, the assertion mentioned.
It just isn’t recognized what number of American helicopters are left within the palms of the Taliban authorities.
As the US-backed Afghan authorities fell in mid-August final yr, dozens of Afghan pilots fled to Central Asian international locations, together with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Afghan Air Force pilots performed a key position alongside their US counterparts within the 20-year struggle in opposition to Taliban insurgents that ended with the departure of overseas troops final yr.
The airstrikes prompted heavy casualties among the many Taliban and repeatedly drove them out of their occupied areas in numerous elements of the nation.
Last yr round 140 Afghan pilots and others had been flown out of Tajikistan to Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates and their ultimate vacation spot within the US.
Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the capital’s police chief, mentioned a bicycle bombing in Kabul had injured three civilians individually.
The assault passed off within the Shai neighborhood and accountability for the blast was not instantly claimed.
Recently the Islamic State group has claimed comparable assaults within the nation. IS has launched a bloody marketing campaign of assaults on Taliban targets and minority teams, particularly Shiites, whom extremist IS views as heretics.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
