U.S. drones occasionally violate Afghan airspace, Afghan army chief says
Afghan Chief of Army Staff, Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, has accused the U.S. of violating Afghanistan’s airspace, saying that Washington’s pilotless planes occasionally enter Afghanistan’s airspace.
“American drones occasionally fly over Afghanistan’s airspace. Drones occasionally patrol, and Afghanistan’s airspace is still occupied by the Americans,’’ the local media outlet Tolonews quoted Mr Fitrat as saying on Wednesday.
Blaming one of the neighbouring countries for allowing the U.S. to operate pilotless planes from its territory over Afghan airspace, the Afghan army chief did not identify the name of the country.
U.S.-led forces left Afghanistan in August 2021, ending a 20-year military occupation of the country.
Mr Fitrat also counted the strength of Afghan armed forces as high as 500,000, saying that the number included army, police and intelligence personnel.
Mr Fitrat said the Afghan caretaker government currently has a 172,000-strong national army, adding that efforts were underway to boost the strength of the national army to 200,000.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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