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This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
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The MD—53O Warrior, locally known as "Jengi" has made a successful
combat debut against militants in eastern Nangarhar province.
Capt. Cory Fale, helicopter pilot and MD—530 advisor at Train,
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added to the arsenal of the Afghan Air Force. It is designed for
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Afghanistan received six MD—530 aircrafts at the first quarter of
current year and it will have a total of 16 of them by early 2016.
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