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The Taliban's Drone Manufacturing Program

• ceejayoz 3mo 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 3mo 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-developing-a-drone-industry/ https://thediplomat.com/2026/03/why-is-afghanistan-developin... [1] - https://en.didpress.com/16426/?ut https://en.didpress.com/16426/?ut [2] - https://www.afintl.com/202606200748 https://www.afintl.com/202606200748
    • ceejayoz 3mo ago
      Someone's always gonna be first, but that's not gonna be a difference for long.
• jollyllama 3mo 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%93Pakistan_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakis...
  • alephnerd 3mo ago
    Not exactly. Most of those drones are being used fairly effectively by the Taliban's Pakistan branch [0]. Most reporting on the war is being overshadowed by Iran or being done in Dari or Pakhtu. [0] - https://southasianvoices.org/sec-m-pk-r-ttp-drone-threat-06-22-2026/ https://southasianvoices.org/sec-m-pk-r-ttp-drone-threat-06-...