Taliban helicopter collided with electric pole in Afghanistan, two pilots died in the accident

Afghanistan Helicopter Crash: A helicopter of the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan Air Force crashed while on patrol. Two people have died in this accident. According to the Defense Department of Afghanistan, the helicopter crashed while patrolling near northern Samangan province. In which two pilots aboard the helicopter were killed.

Confirming the incident, the Taliban’s Defense Department said that the MD-530 helicopter of the Air Force had collided with a high-voltage electric pole. Because of this, there was some technical fault in the helicopter and it crashed and fell. Both the pilots died in the accident.

Accidents due to technical fault

According to the information, this accident happened in Khulm district of Samangan province. The head of the information department of Taliban in Afghanistan has also confirmed the accident. It is being told in the local media report that this is not the first military helicopter accident. Even before this, many helicopter accidents have happened due to technical fault. Many pilots have died in these accidents.

Since the Taliban’s occupation of Afghanistan in August 2021, many helicopters of the Air Force have been victims of accidents due to unknown reasons. The reason for the technical fault has not been clarified in the investigation of these accidents. Earlier on September 10 last year, a US-made Black Hawk helicopter had crashed in Kabul during a military training. Then the Defense Ministry of Afghanistan had told that three people had died in the accident.

Taliban captured several American helicopters

After the Taliban took over Afghanistan, NATO military organizations and US forces left the country. It is claimed that during this time America had to leave many of its war weapons and military equipment in Afghanistan.

No official figure has been revealed about how many American helicopters are in the possession of the Taliban government. The US-backed government fell in August after the Taliban took over Afghanistan last year. During this, many Afghan pilots had gone to the countries of Central Asia.

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