The Defense Ministry in Afghanistan has confirmed the death of two pilots on Sunday when a US-made military helicopter crashed in the north of the country.
Explaining how the incident happened, the defense ministry tweeted that an MD-530 helicopter of the country’s air force, which was flying from Mazar-e-Sharif airfield towards Samangan, collided with an electricity pylon.
Recall that in September a Black Hawk helicopter commandeered by the Taliban government after the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan crashed during a training session in Kabul, killing two pilots and a crew member.
When exiting the country in 2021, the US military left behind billions of dollars’ worth of aircraft, vehicles, weapons and other hardware — much of which it said had been rendered inoperable.
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