Taliban Seeking to Expand Capabilities With U.S. Weaponry
U.S. troops ruined or disabled approximately one hundred combat cars and dozens of aircraft right before vacating the airport in Kabul on Monday, in a final-ditch bid to deprive the Taliban of the use of some American navy tools.
But now that all U.S. forces have remaining Afghanistan, protection officers, lawmakers and gurus who monitor the move of weapons are looking at closely to see what will become of the acres of weaponry, cars and aircraft that were being remaining at the rear of, are nevertheless operable and can be of use to the Taliban or to arms smugglers.
Oryx, a blog site that verifies navy tools making use of photos and video clips, has recognized 38 airplanes, 13 helicopters and 7 unmanned aerial cars that the Taliban has captured in performing order.
The full stockpile is probable considerably greater. The Taliban inherited thousands of U.S.-equipped assault weapons and navy floor cars alongside with other technology and tools such as artillery pieces and evening-vision goggles, a different toll of the U.S. troop withdrawal and the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan National Protection Forces.
This week, video clips and images circulated on social media showing a U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter traveling in Afghanistan, the first this kind of illustrations or photos hinting at new Taliban combat air abilities.
