The caretaker government of the Taliban began negotiations on the return of helicopters that were hijacked to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan during the fall of the previous regime, Inamulla Samangani, deputy spokesman of the caretaker Taliban government told at a press briefing.
He recalled that over 40 helicopters were hijacked by Afghan pilots to neighboring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Samangani said the Taliban are currently holding talks with Tashkent and Dushanbe to return the helicopters, but it is not yet known when the equipment will be returned.
Inayetulla Kharezmi, a spokesman to the Afghan Ministry of Defense said that a request for the return of helicopters had been previously sent to the governments of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, but there has been no positive response yet.
The previous government of Afghanistan had a fleet of over 164 helicopters, many of which were given by the United States.
