Karzai, the Taliban, and civil aviation

This AP article may be a revealing glimpse of the Afghan state (though one hopes not). Afghanistan's state-owned airline, Ariana, is said to be days away from possible collapse due to corruption and mismanagement. "The collapse of the 52-year-old airline, which survived the Taliban regime despite international sanctions, would be a potent symbol of failure by the administration of President Hamid Karzai and would reinforce growing perceptions of corruption and incompetence." The article quotes an allegation by a former Ariana president that a "high-level government mafia wants Ariana to fail so officials can start—and profit from—their own airline."

In view of the absence of references to large passenger aircraft in the Koran, shouldn't it have been the Taliban who were unwilling or unable to run a modern airline?