Taliban And US weapons
Dr. Jassim Taqui
DG Al-Bab Institute for Strategic Studies
Islamabad, August
17, 2021: For 20 years Taliban(T) was fighting the US and NATO forces with
American weapons. T moved at night to steal US weapons from various arms depots
of the Afghan National Army(ANA). At times, ANA used to sell ultra-modern US
weapons to T at throw-away prices. T had the required money since it made
arrangements with the drug mafias that stipulated their protection in lieu of a
share in the drug money. Later on, T runs its own cartel. Therefore, T’s wealth
multiplied many times.
Presently, T is eying huge catch of US weapons supplied to the crumpling
ANA. US President Joe Biden proclaimed yesterday that he provided ANA “all
tools and equipment of any modern military. We provided advanced weaponry”
which T has captured from the disintegrating ANA. Now Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Iran, Russia,
and China would duplicate those abandoned advanced weapons through reverse-engineers.
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