Warzone/The Drive: Video Purports To Show U.S.-Supplied Black Helicopter Taxiing In Taliban Hands
The Taliban have captured dozens of former Afghan military aircraft, prompting concerns about what the group might do with them.
A video has emerged online that is said to show a former Afghan Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk, supplied by the United States and now under the control of the Taliban, taxing on the ground at Kandahar Airport in southeastern Afghanistan. Whether the description of the video is accurate or not, it is likely to be at least a propaganda coup for the Taliban, which seized substantial amounts of American-financed military aircraft, light armored vehicles, weapons, and more that had belonged to government security forces over the course of its lightning-quick conquest of the bulk of the country earlier this month. At the same time, it remains to be seen how extensively the Taliban will use any of the Black Hawks, or any other aircraft the group has captured, or if they will serve other purposes, including simply as trophies.
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Update #1: Video appears to show Taliban operating Black Hawk helicopter (FOX News)
Update #2: Video appears to show Taliban taking joyride in US Black Hawk helicopter (NYPost)
WNU Editor: Russia is putting a number on how many helicopters the Taliban have .... Taliban have captured more than 100 military helicopters, Russia says (The Guardian). Here are more details on what military equipment the Taliban now have .... The Taliban take a captured $6m US-made Blackhawk helicopter for a joyride, and unveil more special forces with night vision - amid fears they have amassed 200,000 American-supplied guns and 150 aircraft (Daily Mail).
