Two pilots were killed after a US-made military helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, May 21, according to the country’s defense ministry.
“An MD-530 helicopter of the country’s air force collided with an electricity pylon while flying from Mazar-e-Sharif airfield towards Samangan,” the defence minister tweeted.
A Black Hawk helicopter commandeered by the Taliban government following the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan crashed during a training session in Kabul in September, killing two pilots and a crew member.
When the US military left the country in 2021, it left behind billions of dollars in planes, vehicles, weapons, and other material, much of which it said had been rendered useless.
Former Afghan government forces also flew helicopters to Central Asian countries before the Taliban assumed complete control of the country.
The Taliban authorities have repaired some aircraft, notably helicopters, which are now thought to be flown by former government forces pilots.
The regime displayed a variety of equipment during a military parade last August 31 to commemorate the first anniversary of their return to power.
