CIA Gifted 2 Russian-Made Helicopters to Taliban, Claims Former Afghan Vice-President

Former Afghan Vice-President Amrullah Saleh has claimed that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has gifted two Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters to the Taliban.

On Friday, Saleh on Twitter said that these helicopters are now parked in the western part of the Kabul Airport.

Saleh wrote on his Twitter account that these helicopters with code numbers 163 and 165 had been used by the CIA during the previous government.

According to Saleh, before giving it to the Taliban, the CIA had transferred the two helicopters to the United Arab Emirates for maintenance purposes.

Saleh, who lives in exile, stressed that the US gifted these helicopters to the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence as part of the "secret annexes" of the Doha Agreement.

He called the Doha agreement between the US and the Taliban a "deal and conspiracy" and said that the deal meant "recruiting the Taliban" and extremist groups as a geopolitical tool.

The Taliban have not yet commented on these statements of the former Vice President of Afghanistan.