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| Afghanistan |
| Military Choppers Land In Sar-e-Pul ‘To Equip Militants’ |
| 2017-05-10 |
| [Tolo News] Local officials in Sar-e-Pul ...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone... province in Afghanistan’s north claimed on Tuesday that two military helicopters landed in the Sayyad district in the province in order to equip holy warriors. "According to the report we have received from the 2nd Battalion of the Afghan National Army, which fights on the first line of the battle in Sar-e-Pul, two military helicopters landed in a stronghold of the enemy at 8pm last Thursday," Sar-e-Pul governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told TOLOnews. "The helicopters took off after 10 minutes and went towards Sar-e-Pul-Shibirghan Highway, but they could not be filmed due to the darkness of the night," he added. No further details were immediately available and the identity of the helicopters was not clear. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Doubtful that the Talibs have their own helos. Possible that it could be Afghans. Not likely that Afghans are capable of night ops. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are within range. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-05-10 15:41 |
| #3 Or locals. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-10 10:35 |
| #2 Russians or Iranians. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-05-10 10:29 |
| #1 I have an idea who |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-05-10 10:09 |