25 Afghan Military Officers Return to Kabul from India, Says Taliban MoD
The Taliban Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on Friday that 25 military officers of the former government who got military training in India have returned to Kabul.
According to the Taliban MoD, these military officers have completed an 18-month training course at the Indian Military Academy.
Taliban officials welcomed these officers at Kabul airport.
Earlier, Farid Mamundzay, Afghanistan's ambassador to New Delhi, said that 43 Afghan military officers had graduated from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in India.
The Ministry of Defense of the Taliban said that they had encouraged these military officers to return to Afghanistan.
The return of military officers comes at a time when watchdog groups and the United Nations, confirmed that the Taliban has killed dozens of military personnel of the former government in cold-blood and detained and tortured dozens of others.
