Posted on 09/05/2021 3:43:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Panjwai (Afghanistan) (AFP) - The Taliban takeover may have plunged Afghanistan into uncertainty and economic pain, but arms dealer Khan Mohammad is making the most of it.
Sandwiched between a pharmacy and a general store, his shop in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province -- the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban -- is flush with fresh inventory.
Camouflage combat vests and bandoliers hung from the walls as Mohammed showed off his wares, including US-made Smith & Wesson pistols and ammunition belts.
Another dealer in the dusty Panjwai market, whose shop was adorned with large Taliban flags and pictures of the group's top leaders, had more potent offerings.
They included assault rifles -- variants of the AK-47 as well as the US-made M4 and M16 -- and even light machine guns.
The Taliban for years procured weapons and ammunition from the black market. They also captured arms and equipment from the battlefield and abandoned military posts, according to UN and Western monitors.
And the recent collapse of the Afghan military created an arms bonanza for the militants.
Alongside a large haul of American-made infantry weapons, Afghanistan's new rulers now possess equipment and vehicles -- including humvees, armoured personnel carriers, and at least one functioning Black Hawk helicopter.
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wonder how long it will take for some of them to return to the US...
I’ll take the black one on the far right. I bid 2 goats and 1 donkey.
Via the southern border.
100%
i never, EVER, want to hear about guncontrol from the RATS again!!!
Second from the right is a pellet gun I believe.
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