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TANKS FOR THAT Video shows arsenal of tanks seized by Taliban as terror group now control £62billion worth of abandoned military gear
The Sun UK ^ | 31 August 2021 | Tariq TahirNiamh Cavanagh

Posted on 09/01/2021 2:14:48 AM PDT by blueplum

A HUGE arsenal of tanks seized by the Taliban have been added to their bulging stash of arms now worth £62 billion.

Video shows row after row of tanks and other armoured vehicles parked up and being inspected by the fanatics after being captured when they defeated government forces...

..In the video, a Taliban fighter can be seen on top of one of the vehicles panning round to show the extent of their weaponry.

Taliban fighters have also been pictured posing for snaps in abandoned fighter jets as satellite shots show the aircraft treasure trove left behind by the US in Kabul.

The grinning jihadis sat in the cockpits of gunships and rode on the bonnets of US Air Force Humvees as they strutted about the airport...

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; dereliction; markmilley; military; rout; surrender; taliban; tanks
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1 posted on 09/01/2021 2:14:48 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

If it wasn’t for the hostages, that would be a target rich environment.


2 posted on 09/01/2021 2:32:57 AM PDT by Mark17 (USAF, Retired. Father of USAF officer and trained pilot, who loves flying US Air Force aircraft. )
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To: blueplum

Assets at Diego Garcia could make all left behind equipment disappear


3 posted on 09/01/2021 2:36:19 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: blueplum

Looks more like a junkyard of old Soviet armor.


4 posted on 09/01/2021 2:36:42 AM PDT by buwaya
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To: buwaya

Does Afghanistan have oil ... gasoline ... diesel ?


5 posted on 09/01/2021 2:48:01 AM PDT by knarf (qa)
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To: blueplum

What kind of deal did Biden make with the Taliban in exchange for giving them this fortune in state-of-the-art military gear?

Did they agree to pay a few hundred million dollars for some of Hunters hen-scratch “art”?

Did they put a billion or so in an offshore bank account for the jerk and Jill?


6 posted on 09/01/2021 2:50:47 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Some things are so stupid and idiotic only a liberal could believe them.)
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To: Iron Munro

Not at all unlikely, IMHO


7 posted on 09/01/2021 3:06:07 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: knarf

No, all that needs to be imported. That’s a problem with Afghanistan. It produces very little, it can’t feed itself. And long supply lines for almost anything, from Pakistan, Central Asia or Iran. Everything substantial into the interior of the country needs to come by road.

Its a strategic dead end, logistically.


8 posted on 09/01/2021 3:07:00 AM PDT by buwaya
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If it wasn’t for the hostages, that would be a target rich environment.

Then all you would need would be a Un-Woke administration and military leaders with backbones.

Something we no longer have.

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9 posted on 09/01/2021 3:11:59 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Some things are so stupid and idiotic only a liberal could believe them.)
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10 posted on 09/01/2021 3:19:51 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: blueplum

This is just part of the reason Joe Bidet should be in prison.


11 posted on 09/01/2021 3:38:59 AM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: blueplum

You can’t capture something handed to you.


12 posted on 09/01/2021 3:45:44 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: blueplum

All old Soviet stuff.

Target practice, only.


13 posted on 09/01/2021 3:48:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: buwaya

So we can expect an increase in heroin trade in the USA, eh ?


14 posted on 09/01/2021 3:49:49 AM PDT by knarf (qa)
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To: Mark17

A military coup , of the LOYAL lower ranks, followed by a nuking of the Taliban


15 posted on 09/01/2021 3:57:48 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: blueplum

All the armored vehicles in that video look like Russian equipment - BMPs and perhaps T-55s.


16 posted on 09/01/2021 4:07:36 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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“ Does Afghanistan have oil ... gasoline ... diesel ?”
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Afghanistan gets most of their petro products from Iran. However, Afghanistan is out of cash, dead broke. So, remains to be seen how generous Iran will be. Right now, Afghanistan can’t even keep basic utilities up and running, electricity, water, sewer, garbage collection, internet, etc. In fact, Turks have been in to operate and manage Kabul airport. It won’t be long before the country will have devolved back to the 7th century which apparently is exactly what the hard core radical Jihadist want. Sadly, the women and young girls will really suffer as they’re now considered property, chattel.


17 posted on 09/01/2021 4:11:13 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: Lower Deck

Correct. Nothing associated with anything we supplied the Afghan Army. Plus the article manages to incorrectly label almost every item pictured... Lol!


18 posted on 09/01/2021 4:13:09 AM PDT by Trinity5
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To: blueplum

Since they’re gathering most of it in one location.... hint hint


19 posted on 09/01/2021 4:17:20 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: Iron Munro

Biden is under orders from his Chinese CCP masters. They want the natural resources and humiliating America is just icing on the cake.


20 posted on 09/01/2021 4:18:30 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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