Taliban parade new weapons seized from Afghan military as U.S. withdraws
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 4 months ago
NBC.
The weaponry includes 900 guns, 30 light tactical vehicles and 20 army pickup trucks, according to NBC News’ U.K. partner Sky News, which was granted access to the Sultan Khil military base in the Wardak province close to the Afghan capital, Kabul.
District after district has fallen to the Taliban. The militants have seized 120 districts since May 1, according to an ongoing assessment by the Long War Journal. The map is a moving patchwork, but at last count the Taliban controlled 193 districts and contested 130, while 75 were under the control of the government or are undetermined, according to the publication …
Pathetic.
On July 6, 2021 at 11:09 pm, Jimmy the Saint said:
Power = population + resources X will
Small wonder the Taliban won. They believe. The US doesn’t care, and the Karzai government that we are propping up is a joke.
On July 7, 2021 at 6:43 am, George said:
I still find it hard to believe that the military left all that equipment intact for them to have.
On July 7, 2021 at 9:44 am, Fred said:
Probably traded the equipment for the continued mineral rights to the opium. That would fit the nwo to a tee.
On July 7, 2021 at 8:30 pm, Hudson H Luce said:
You mean mineral rights to lithium, gold, etc – https://www.mining.com/1-trillion-motherlode-of-lithium-and-gold-discovered-in-afghanistan/
On July 8, 2021 at 7:48 am, Fred said:
That too it would seem.