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Hours after the American troop left Afghanistan on August 31 a chilling video emerged showing a body dangling from a US Black Hawk helicopter, reportedly over Kandahar. It is unclear if the person dangling from the rope was dead or alive or whether it was a human or a dummy. Yet another video showed the Islamic Emirate’s air force helicopters flying over Kandahar and patrolling the city.
New is also coming up that the left over helicopters by the US army are actually defunct and can not fly while large stock of ammunition can be still used.
US Withdrawal from Afghanistan is completed from Afghanistan ending a 20-year-long war, the longest America has seen.
Concerns are mounting on how the insurgent group, which took over Kabul on 15 August, will make use of the US-made weaponry left behind by America and its allied forces, including Afghan troops.
Recent photos from the Kabul airport show several US aircraft and choppers lying on the spot and Taliban fighters inspecting the military equipment. The fighters had also posed for pictures and conducted a military parade at the spot.
Earlier, Central Command head General Kenneth McKenzie had said that 73 aircrafts were rendered useless by American forces before they completed their withdrawal. The Taliban fighters had posed with American combat equipment and tactical gear to recreate the famous image.
A US general however said that the military has disabled scores of aircraft and armoured vehicles as well as a high-tech rocket defense system at the Kabul airport before it left.
Central Command head General Kenneth McKenzie said 73 aircraft that were already at Hamid Karzai International Airport were demilitarized or rendered useless. “Those aircraft will never fly again. They’ll never be able to be operated by anyone,” he said.
