Afghan defense officials on Saturday announced that the Air Force of Afghanistan will soon receive fighter and drone aircraft from the United States of America, in a bid to boost the capabilities of the Afghan security forces.
The defense officials also said that the Afghan Air Force provided satisfactory close air support to ground forces during the “Simurgh” military operations in eastern Afghanistan Afghanistan.
Deputy spokesman for the ministry of defense of Afghanistan, Dawlat Waziri quoted by Deutsche Welle said that Afghan security forces managed to take full control of Azra district from Taliban militants without the support of coalition security forces.
Mr. Waziri further added that militants suffered heavy casualties during the operations and several of them were also arrested.
He also praised Afghan air force for their effective close air support to Afghan national army and Afghan national police during the operations, despite the air force of Afghanistan still require more training and equipment.
According to Dawlat waziri, United States will provide 24 C-130 aircraft to Afghan Air Force in the near future, besides the purchase of 20 super Tucano aircraft which have already been purchased and will be delivered to the air force.
Dawlat Waziri said that United States will also provide small drones to Afghan air force, which will be used by Afghan army for reconnaissance missions.



That’s a sort of a very good news. Afghan security forces would even become more stronger if that will happen. Sounds really good. United States is indeed concern with the other countries.