The sophisticated American military team that is left behind during the withdrawal of the United States of 2021 of Afghanistan is being used more and more by the militants in Pakistan, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to an investigation of the Washington Post.
Weapons such as M16 rifles, night PVS-14 devices and thermal optics, originally intended for Afghan forces, have appeared in recent cross-border attacks. The bombardment of March 11 of the Jaffar Express train involved Rifles of American origin, the Pakistani authorities confirmed.
The researchers cited serial numbers in two rifles used in that attack that date back to US military reserves. The special inspector of the reconstruction of Afghanistan (Sigar) estimates that around 250,000 firearms and 18,000 night vision systems were left behind, an arsenal comparable to that of the United States Marines.
“The presence of American advanced weapons … It has been a problem of deep concern for the security of Pakistan,” said the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs in January documents seen by researchers.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, revived the scrutiny in February, saying: “We leave billions, tens of billions of dollars of equipment behind … all the first -line things.” However, the Pentagon officials minimized the scale of the problem, describing the weapons recovered as “a tiny portion” of the general abandoned arsenal.
