Taliban asks former Afghan Air Force pilots to return to Afghanistan

The Taliban have asked the former Afghan Air Force pilots to return to the country and said that general amnesty has already been announced, reported local media.

“There will not be any security threat for these pilots in Afghanistan. General amnesty has already been announced. They can come back and serve here,” TOLOnews quoted the Taliban spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid as saying.

After the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, reports emerged stating that the Afghan security force members had managed to flee to the neighbouring countries. However, tens of thousands of Afghan soldiers were still on the run and were being hunted down by the Taliban.