Afghanistan: Kabul to Speak With US Over Mi-17s in Ukraine

KABUL, 09 May 2022, (TON): The Islamic Emirate said “it will discuss with American officials the fate of helicopters designated for Afghanistan but given to the Ukraine by the US.”

Earlier, SIGAR reported that 16 Mi-17 helicopters and 17 other pieces of military equipment which the US allocated for Afghanistan were given to Ukraine. 

According to SIGAR “19, DOD notified Congress that it intended to transfer five U.S.-procured former Afghan Mi-17 helicopters that had been undergoing maintenance in Ukraine to the Ukrainian government. Ukraine accepted these excess defense articles on March 11, 2022.”

SIGAR said in a recent report “in mid-April, President Biden announced a military assistance package to Ukraine that included an additional 11 Mi-17 helicopters that had been scheduled for Afghanistan.”

“DOD also transferred nearly 16 million rounds of varied nonstandard munitions, originally procured for Afghanistan, to Ukraine.”

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