The Taliban's Drone Manufacturing Program

2 pointsposted 6 hours ago
by alephnerd
(themiddleeastuncovered.com)

5 Comments

ceejayoz

6 hours ago

> The Taliban are attempting to develop armed drones.

I think it's safe to assume that every militant group with more than one or two members is doing so.

alephnerd

6 hours ago

The difference is the scale [0] at which they are manufacturing [1] now that the Taliban control Afghanistan, as well as the fact that Afghan media is report "international engineers from countries including Turkey, Russia, Belarus, Bangladesh, and China" [1] as well as India [2] are collaborating on the project.

[0] - https://thediplomat.com/2026/03/why-is-afghanistan-developin...

[1] - https://en.didpress.com/16426/?ut

[2] - https://www.afintl.com/202606200748

ceejayoz

5 hours ago

Someone's always gonna be first, but that's not gonna be a difference for long.

jollyllama

5 hours ago

> Aug 28, 2025

Needs this in the title.

> While Afghanistan has seen no active combat since August 2021

^ this was the giveaway

In terms of strategic impact so far, I'd say the program has been a bust:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakis...