ISLAMABAD: A top Taliban official on Wednesday asked former Afghan military pilots to remain in the country, saying they were protected by a national amnesty and would not face arrest, the foreign media reported. Afghan air force pilots played a key role, alongside their US counterparts, in the 20-year war against the Taliban insurgents that ended with the departure of foreign troops in late August. The airstrikes inflicted heavy casualties among the Taliban and repeatedly drove them from positions they had seized in different parts of the country. The military personnel had reportedly been in detention during their stay in Tajikistan. “My message is, there is no security problem for them (Afghan pilots) in Afghanistan, there is no plan of arresting them, national amnesty is announced,” he said.

Source: The Nation November 11, 2021 01:04 UTC