Afghan Pilots Who Fled Taliban to Tajikistan Begin Transfer to U.S.

Much more than 140 Afghan Air Power pilots and staff flew out of Tajikistan on a U.S.-chartered flight, just after months of detention subsequent their escape from Afghanistan above the summer months, officials stated Wednesday.

Hundreds of Afghan pilots flew themselves in helicopters and airplanes to protection in neighboring Central Asian international locations in August, when the Taliban overran Afghanistan and toppled the governing administration in Kabul.