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Reportedly, during a Taliban training exercise in the capital city of Kabul, the terrorist operatives were attempting to fly the highly sophisticated helicopter. However, they lost control and died in the process, according to the defence ministry.
"An American Black Hawk helicopter, which was for training, crashed due to a technical problem inside the campus of the National Defence University," said Enaytullah Khowrazmi, spokesperson, Taliban ministry of defence.
It is pertinent to note that the US left behind more than $7 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan last year. A total of $18.6 billion of equipment was presented to the Afghani security forces in 16 years, starting from 2005.
However, after Kabul collapsed as Talibani's descended upon the capital, the American troops could only salvage and ferry half of the equipment back to American shores.
Aircraft worth $923.3 million, 9,524 air-to-ground munitions valued at $6.54 million, over 40,000 of the total 96,000 military vehicles, more than 300,000 weapons, and all night vision, surveillance, biometric and positioning equipment were left behind in Afghanistan.