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Dozens of choppers, hundreds of Humvees transferred out of Afghanistan
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IANS | 22 Sep, 2021
Officials from the Taliban Cultural Commission of the Ministry of
Information and Culture said military equipment of the former government
had been transferred out of Afghanistan.
Footage published on
social media showed several Afghan air force helicopters in Uzbekistan
and images also showed Humvees and Ranger trucks being transferred into
Iran, Tolo News reported.
Noor Mohammad Mutavakil, a member of
the Cultural Commission, said some of the military hardware transferred
into Iran has been returned to Afghanistan. However, he did not say who
had transferred the hardware out of the country.
"Requests
should be made for its return because it belongs to our people -- if it
is tanks or helicopters. Some hardware has been brought back from Iran,"
he said.
Meanwhile, a number of MPs and former military
officers said military hardware belongs to the people and no one should
be allowed to take it out of the country.
Sayed Ahmad Silab,
an MP, said that following the collapse of the former government after
Ashraf Ghani fled, dozens of helicopters and hundreds of Humvees were
moved out of the country. "The Islamic Emirate should bring back the
military hardware from the neighbouring countries," he said, the report
added.
"This is the third time that our air and land forces
have disintegrated. It is a loss, and I am very worried," said Abdul
Hadi Quraishi, a former military officer.
Based on available
figures, Afghanistan had 160 fighting helicopters and 22,176 armoured
Humvees when the former government was in power. Now, however, it is not
clear how much of this hardware remains inside the country and how much
has been transferred out.
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