Taliban appear to fly helicopter left By US troops despite having no training

Kieran Galpin

The Taliban are testing their new toys

Footage from Afghanistan has emerged that appears to show a Taliban soldier attempting to fly a helicopter abandoned by the US military after the fall of Kabul.

Footage of militants attempting to pilot the US Black Hawk helicopters was shared on Twitter by Jahid Jalal.

“Parts of Kabul airport have been conquered, clearing is underway and the American occupiers are taking over. The airport will soon be fully under the control of the Islamic Emirate’s Mujahideen. God willing,” he tweeted on Wednesday.

ويډيو|کندهار ولايت
د کندهار هوايي ډګر الوتنو ته چمتو کيږي، دا بلېک هاک امريکايي چورلکه چې خرابه شوې وه جوړه او فعاليت ته چمتو شوې.@A_Jahid_Jalal pic.twitter.com/XJB1sqn4E6

— Jahid Jalal | جاهد جلال (@A_Jahid_Jalal) August 25, 2021

“Preparing for flights at Kandahar Airport, the wrecked Black Hawk American helicopter was built and ready for operation,” Jalal continued.

#مهم
طالبانو د (الفتح) په نوم نوی دلرې فاصلې ویشتونکي توغندي بريالۍ ازموینه ترسره کړه، دا توغندی تر څو کیلو مترورپورې (۲۶۰) کیلو بم له ځان سره انتقالولي شي.
تاسو په لاندې ویډیو کې د دې توغندي ازموینه مشاهده کولای شئ، چې د هېواد په جنوب کې د دښمن یو پوځي مرکز پرې وېشتل شوی دی. pic.twitter.com/bDRV5pDTUI

— Jahid Jalal | جاهد جلال (@A_Jahid_Jalal) July 22, 2021

“They expelled the Americans with Kalashnikovs and RPGs. What well [sic] they do having those toys with them,” one user wrote under the video.

Jalal replied: “This is what we do with the occupiers.”

#مهم
طالبانو د (الفتح) په نوم نوی دلرې فاصلې ویشتونکي توغندي بريالۍ ازموینه ترسره کړه، دا توغندی تر څو کیلو مترورپورې (۲۶۰) کیلو بم له ځان سره انتقالولي شي.
تاسو په لاندې ویډیو کې د دې توغندي ازموینه مشاهده کولای شئ، چې د هېواد په جنوب کې د دښمن یو پوځي مرکز پرې وېشتل شوی دی. pic.twitter.com/bDRV5pDTUI

— Jahid Jalal | جاهد جلال (@A_Jahid_Jalal) July 22, 2021

Jalal has also shared a video of Al-Fatah, a ballistic missile that can carry up to five kilograms of bombs.

“I don’t have an exact inventory of what equipment, that the Afghans have at their disposal that now might be at risk,” a Pentagon spokesman told the Independent.