Key personnel are hired away by civilian firms that can pay more. There are not a lot of Afghans capable of becoming aircraft maintenance technicians to begin with. Afghanistan has the lowest education levels in Eurasia and the lowest literacy rate. Foreign donors insist that the air force recruit and train local maintenance personnel. That can be done, with difficulty. But the good ones soon get hired away from civilian firms or immigrate. Bringing in foreigners to maintain this equipment, as many Arab countries do, is difficult in Afghanistan which is a dangerous place for foreigners, even before the Taliban appeared. Using foreigners also costs more than Afghanistan can afford.
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