[jollyllama]

> 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...

[alephnerd]

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-...