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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I'm gonna guess that they don't have many that are serviceable, I might be wrong.
Also, I don't reckon there are a tonne of Taliban that can fly them. Did the ANA have a large cadre of pilots?
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The literacy rate in that country is 43%, and I'm guessing a lot of those are younger women (i.e. not Taliban).
https://uil.unesco.org/interview-lit...3%20per%20cent.
This was a substantial problem from the Afghan army - not only couldn't the officers document anything, there were reports they couldn't even count.
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Not only that, but Frotan says commanders often had trouble filing simple paperwork to give soldiers time off.
"They don't have enough knowledge, so they cannot make a good schedule for their vacation," Frotan said. So with no proper time off, that meant burnout among the troops, which led to high attrition rates.
Years ago, a U.S. general told us that not only couldn't many of the Afghan officers read or write, but they couldn't count. He said the Americans at times would draw a large rectangle in the dirt, telling the officers they needed enough soldiers to fill that space.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/08/20/10294...he-reasons-why
Even if the Taliban are marginally better educated (I doubt it), I wouldn't worry too much about them using helicopters.