Taliban: Do Not Test Our Patience!

The head of the Taliban government’s Ministry of Defense has called on Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to return Afghan helicopters and not test their patience.

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Speaking at a ceremony to resume the activities of Afghan Air Force helicopters, the head of the Afghan Ministry of Defense, Mullah Mohammad Yakub, called on Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to return Afghan helicopters and not test their patience.

“We respectfully urge the return of military helicopters and planes that Afghan pilots fled the country on. Do not test our patience; our patience is running out,” said the head of the Taliban’s Ministry of Defense.

“It is true that we are currently weak, our government is just forming, and to some extent we are dependent, however, we will not allow this,” he noted.

This is already the second time that the Taliban have openly demanded that Uzbekistan and Tajikistan return Afghan military helicopters. But this time, they seem to be serious.

So far, the authorities of the two neighboring countries have not responded to the Taliban’s demands and have not commented on the situation with the helicopters.

After President Ghani fled Afghanistan, dozens of Afghan servicemen who had previously cooperated with American forces fled to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on military helicopters and planes. Earlier, a group of Afghan pilots detained in Tajikistan and complaining about their situation were moved to the United Arab Emirates.