Taliban, Islamic State arm themselves with weapons US left behind
- Written by: Nolan Fahrenkopf, Research Fellow at Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft, University at Albany, State University of New York
A Taliban fighter, wearing U.S. clothing and carrying U.S. weapons, looks through a captured night-vision device.Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe weapons and military equipment left behind by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including through the collapse of the Afghan army, are now largely in the hands of the Taliban –...
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