Uzbek airfields house Afghan air force copters and planes, reveals satellite imagery

Exclusive satellite images provided by IMINT show the presence of helicopters and planes belonging to the Afghan Air Force housed at the Termez International Airport.

Soon after the Taliban took over Kabul, one of the biggest concerns apart from the wellbeing of citizens, was the status of arms, ammunitions, vehicles and airpower left behind by the United States as well as those belonging to the Afghan Air Force. Fresh footage from #Herat shows the Taliban operating a captured Afghani helicopter.The Taliban now have a functioning air force. pic.twitter.com/fKM8yOQDuU Video reportingly shows #Taliban captured Kunduz airport with #Afghanistan Air Force Mi-35 Hind attack helicopter pic.twitter.com/u7jZJdR800 VIDEO: People (looks like a mix of some Western citizens and many Afghans) evacuated from Kabul to Uzbekistan. pic.twitter.com/KSB765vETQ Days after the capitulation of Kabul, social media started seeing pictures and videos of Afghan Air Force choppers being flown by pilots allegedly belonging to the Taliban. This resulted in widespread criticism and questioning of the US and its Afghan policy in terms of safeguarding the planes and helicopters.