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Taliban crashes UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter in Kabul, Afghanistan. (imgur.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

How did the Taliban get their hands on helicopters? I thought the US limited what armaments they gave the Afghan military to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was a lot of leftover equipment due to the unexpected speed of the takeover. At the time there were discussions about destroying any remaining equipment but I believe they ended up figuring that things will naturally degrade and it isn't like they have anyone trained in using/repairing American equipment. No classified info unlike Trump's bathroom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

While that's true, this helicopter was in ANA colors. It's one of the ones we'd already given the Afghan Army.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

A lot of maintenance is required for the equipment left behind. Sure, it looks good on their recruitment posters temporarily, but then 4 years later you get videos like this. Silly Taliban probably should have left some of those women studying engineering alone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I think they didnt manage to evacuate all the materials from bases when they pulled out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

We gave the ANA helicopters.