New Delhi: The question mark now hangs on the fate of more than 150 Afghan soldiers and military cadets who are currently undergoing training in India, with the Taliban quickly captures the control of the country that is confined to land after virtual ways against virtual forces against troops.
The Indian government “must decide for the future” from co-trained Afghan military personnel in the country, most of them at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun, the Academy of Training Officer (OTA) in Chennai and the National Defense Academy (NDA) in Khadakwasla ( Pune), the source of defense on Monday.
“Apart from the cadet at Ima, Ota and NDA, several Afghan officers and other rankings also attended capsule courses specifically adjusted for them in various military training companies in India,” said a source.
Afghan personnel are worried about their families and situations in their country, especially considering the “hatred” of the Taliban for the Afghan national defense & national security forces (Andsf).
“Their training continued but they were clearly worried.
The Indian government must receive calls in their future,” said the source.
In addition to supplying military hardware, including four mi-25 armed helicopters and three lightweight chopper chopper, to the Andsf, India has also trained thousands of Afghan military personnel for years in counter-terrorism operations, signals, crafts, intelligence and information technology , among other fields.
The score has also experienced a “Young Officer Course” at the Infantry School in Mhow and training at a counter-rebellion school and special forest parfare in Vairengte in Mizoram.
On average, around 700 to 800 Afghan soldiers per year attended a short duration course “tailor” for them in different Indian military companies for more than a decade now.
“Moreover, 80-100 cadets come for pre-commissioning training in IMA, Ota and Nda every year.
Even though we train cadets from many other countries starting from Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to Vietnam, Myanmar and Tajikistan at our Military Academy, people -Afghan people are mostly from foreign cadets, “said an official.
The head of the Afghan army General Mohammad Ahmadzai, in fact, is scheduled to visit India at the end of last month to seek further encouragement in military assistance and training to the war-stricken country.
But the visit was canceled due to the rapid progress made by the Taliban in Afghanistan with the withdrawal of US LED troops from the country at that time.
Only a few days later, Afghanistan had been flooded by the Taliban.