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Pentagon Training Afghan Pilots For Deployment In Ukraine: Report
The US Department of Defence, also known as the Pentagon, is set to train former Afghan pilots in California and send them via Poland to conflict-ravaged Ukraine, Russian media agency Tass claimed citing a military diplomatic source.
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Detained Afghan Pilots Leave Tajikistan On US Flight: Report
U.S.-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel boarded U.S.-brokered flight out of Tajikistan on Tuesday, ending a nearly three-month detention ordeal that began when they escaped there in their aircraft during the Taliban takeover, Afghan sources
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US Hopes To Soon Relocate Afghan Pilots Who Fled To Tajikistan: Official
The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, a USofficial said.
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"...Our Destination": Restive Afghan Pilots Await US Help In Tajikistan
A U.S.-trained Afghan pilot was talking to Reuters on a smuggled cellphone from Tajikistan, where he is being held, when something strange happened - his voice started looping, repeating everything he had just said, word for word.
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Afghan Pilots Leaving For UAE Amid Taliban Pressure To Return: Report
US-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel held in an Uzbek camp for about a month began leaving the country on Sunday, one of the pilots told Reuters, under a U.S. deal that came despite Taliban demands for the return of the Afghans
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"They'll Kill Us": US-Trained Afghan Pilots Held At Uzbek Camp Fear Being Sent Back
The US-trained Afghan pilots and others held at a camp in Uzbekistan already feared being sent back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. So it was little comfort when an Uzbek guard unsympathetically quipped the other day: "You can't stay here forever."
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Afghan Airspace "Very Risky", Warns Pilot Of Plane Hijacked In 1999
Captain Devi Sharan, a retired pilot of Air India whose plane IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999, said the Taliban, which has seized power in Kabul, can't be trusted as their ground fighters don't follow rules.
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Taliban Assassinations Of Afghan Pilots "Worrisome": US Government Watchdog
Taliban assassinations of Afghan pilots this month mark another "worrisome development" for the Afghan Air Force as it reels from a surge in fighting, a U.S. government watchdog said in a report released on Thursday.
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"Pink Shuttle" Helps Afghanistan Women Navigate Conservative Society
In an ultra-patriarchal society where it remains rare to see a woman behind the wheel, Haidary is one of four drivers working for Pink Shuttle, a pilot bus programme employing only women to ferry female passengers and their kids across the Afghan capital.
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Hijack Scare In Delhi After Pilot Presses Wrong Button On Kandahar Flight
A hijack alert on a Kandahar-bound flight triggered alarm at the Delhi airport on Saturday after the pilot "mistakenly" pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off, officials said.
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Afghan Army Helicopter Crashes, Killing 25 On Board: Officials
An Afghan army helicopter carrying 25 people crashed in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing all those on board, officials said. The aircraft crashed due to "bad weather" in Anar Dara district, Farah provincial governor spokesman Nasir Mehri said, but the Taliban claimed its terrorists brought it down. Both pilots and 23 passengers were killed...
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5 Dead In Afghan Military Helicopter Crash
A helicopter carrying security forces crashed in western Afghanistan, killing all five people on board, including the pilot, officials said on Saturday, but ruled out a terrorist attack.
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Afghan Woman Seeks To Become Youngest To Make Solo Round-The-World Flight
An Afghan pilot hoping to become the youngest woman in history to complete a solo round-the-world flight was preparing Monday to start the Transatlantic leg of her journey.
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An Afghan Woman Goes From Refugee To Military Pilot
From a childhood as a refugee, Captain Safia Ferozi is now flying a transport plane for Afghanistan's air force as the country's second female pilot, a sign of the efforts to bring more women into the armed forces.
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Afghan Air Force Needs More Pilots, As Well As More Planes
The Afghan air force is limited not only by its size. Despite numbering only 130 aircraft, there are not enough pilots and crews to fly them all.
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Pentagon Training Afghan Pilots For Deployment In Ukraine: Report
The US Department of Defence, also known as the Pentagon, is set to train former Afghan pilots in California and send them via Poland to conflict-ravaged Ukraine, Russian media agency Tass claimed citing a military diplomatic source.
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Detained Afghan Pilots Leave Tajikistan On US Flight: Report
U.S.-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel boarded U.S.-brokered flight out of Tajikistan on Tuesday, ending a nearly three-month detention ordeal that began when they escaped there in their aircraft during the Taliban takeover, Afghan sources
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US Hopes To Soon Relocate Afghan Pilots Who Fled To Tajikistan: Official
The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, a USofficial said.
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"...Our Destination": Restive Afghan Pilots Await US Help In Tajikistan
A U.S.-trained Afghan pilot was talking to Reuters on a smuggled cellphone from Tajikistan, where he is being held, when something strange happened - his voice started looping, repeating everything he had just said, word for word.
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Afghan Pilots Leaving For UAE Amid Taliban Pressure To Return: Report
US-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel held in an Uzbek camp for about a month began leaving the country on Sunday, one of the pilots told Reuters, under a U.S. deal that came despite Taliban demands for the return of the Afghans
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"They'll Kill Us": US-Trained Afghan Pilots Held At Uzbek Camp Fear Being Sent Back
The US-trained Afghan pilots and others held at a camp in Uzbekistan already feared being sent back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. So it was little comfort when an Uzbek guard unsympathetically quipped the other day: "You can't stay here forever."
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Afghan Airspace "Very Risky", Warns Pilot Of Plane Hijacked In 1999
Captain Devi Sharan, a retired pilot of Air India whose plane IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999, said the Taliban, which has seized power in Kabul, can't be trusted as their ground fighters don't follow rules.
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Taliban Assassinations Of Afghan Pilots "Worrisome": US Government Watchdog
Taliban assassinations of Afghan pilots this month mark another "worrisome development" for the Afghan Air Force as it reels from a surge in fighting, a U.S. government watchdog said in a report released on Thursday.
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"Pink Shuttle" Helps Afghanistan Women Navigate Conservative Society
In an ultra-patriarchal society where it remains rare to see a woman behind the wheel, Haidary is one of four drivers working for Pink Shuttle, a pilot bus programme employing only women to ferry female passengers and their kids across the Afghan capital.
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Hijack Scare In Delhi After Pilot Presses Wrong Button On Kandahar Flight
A hijack alert on a Kandahar-bound flight triggered alarm at the Delhi airport on Saturday after the pilot "mistakenly" pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off, officials said.
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Afghan Army Helicopter Crashes, Killing 25 On Board: Officials
An Afghan army helicopter carrying 25 people crashed in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing all those on board, officials said. The aircraft crashed due to "bad weather" in Anar Dara district, Farah provincial governor spokesman Nasir Mehri said, but the Taliban claimed its terrorists brought it down. Both pilots and 23 passengers were killed...
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5 Dead In Afghan Military Helicopter Crash
A helicopter carrying security forces crashed in western Afghanistan, killing all five people on board, including the pilot, officials said on Saturday, but ruled out a terrorist attack.
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Afghan Woman Seeks To Become Youngest To Make Solo Round-The-World Flight
An Afghan pilot hoping to become the youngest woman in history to complete a solo round-the-world flight was preparing Monday to start the Transatlantic leg of her journey.
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An Afghan Woman Goes From Refugee To Military Pilot
From a childhood as a refugee, Captain Safia Ferozi is now flying a transport plane for Afghanistan's air force as the country's second female pilot, a sign of the efforts to bring more women into the armed forces.
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Afghan Air Force Needs More Pilots, As Well As More Planes
The Afghan air force is limited not only by its size. Despite numbering only 130 aircraft, there are not enough pilots and crews to fly them all.
