Posted on 11/14/2021 3:09:58 PM PST by BenLurkin
The parade was linked to the graduation of 250 freshly trained soldiers, defence ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khwarazmi said.
The exercise involved dozens of U.S.-made M117 armoured security vehicles driving slowly up and down a major Kabul road with MI-17 helicopters patrolling overhead. Many soldiers carried American made-M4 assault rifles.
Most of the weapons and equipment the Taliban forces are now using are those supplied by Washington to the American-backed government in Kabul in a bid to construct an Afghan national force capable of fighting the Taliban.
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Good luck finding spare parts. Not available at Auchmed Zone. These vehicles will be chicken coops in a few months.
Sickening …
Not a lot of people lining the parade route. The economy there must be tanking.
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