[Travis McGee]

"Modern weapons" to the taliban would be sat radios, GPS, laser designators and other high tech gear the Talibans had never seen before.

[piasa]

Some of which shouldn't be mentioned in the event they haven't been exposed before.

[dieBartdie]

"Modern weapons" to the taliban would be sat radios, GPS, laser designators and other high tech gear

Those would be modern weapons to the US forces also.