Military of the Taliban
While in nominal power over Afghanistan, the Taliban maintained a standing army.
Strength
The Taliban Army possessed over 400 T-54/55 and T-62 tanks and more than 200 Armoured personnel carriers.[1]
The Afghan Air Force under the Taliban maintained five supersonic MIG-21MFs and 10 Sukhoi-22 fighter-bombers.[2] They also held six Mil Mi-8 helicopters, five Mi-35s, five L-39Cs, six An-12s, 25 An-26s, a dozen An-24/32s, an IL-18, and a Yakovlev.[3]
Their civil air service contained two Boeing 727A/Bs, a Tu-154, five An-24s, and a DHC-6.[3]
Actions
- 1995 Airstan incident. A Taliban fighter plane captures a Russian transport.
References
- ↑ The Guardian, Taliban lose grip on Mazar i Sharif, November 7, 2001
- ↑ York, Geoffrey. Globe and Mail, "Military Targets Are Elusive. Afghanistan Army Called a Haphazard Operation", September 19, 2001
- 1 2 Jane's Sentinel Security Assessment, 2001
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