The Taliban has warned that the military weapons left behind by the United States in Afghanistan are now as “bad war” and will be used to rescue against any attested to retrieve.
The statement marks the first official reaction on his January 20 on the eve of January 20 for the pledge of President Donald Trump from the International unfamiliar government in Kabul.
“The weapons that America left in Afghanistan, as well as they proved under the former Afghan rule, are now in the possession of Mujahideen [or Taliban forces] As a robbery of war, “Chief Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid claimed to attend an X space session late Monday.
Mujahid said, “Afghan people now own these weapons and are using them to protect their freedom, sovereign and Islamic system.” Dare. ”
The US -led Western soldiers were deployed in Afghanistan for nearly two decades to combat terrorist groups and protect the internationally -backed government in Kabul at the time. They were withdrawn in a hurry and chaotic August 2021, just a few days later when the then-taliban returned to power.
In 2022, an US Defense Department report found that around 7 billion dollars of military hardware was left behind in Afghanistan after the completion of military withdrawal. Tools, including aircraft, air-to-piece ammunition, military vehicles, weapons, communication equipment and other materials, have been sub-made by the Taliban.
Trump said in a rally in Washington last month in his pre-Irmark comment that his predecessor, which Biden “gave our military equipment, a large part, to the enemy.” He warned that future financial assistance to Taliban -ruled Afghanistan would be accidental on the return of American military weapons.
Trump said, “If we are going to pay billions of dollars in a year, tell them that we are not going to pay money until they give back our military equipment.”
Speaking on Monday, Mujahid dismissed Trump’s claim, saying that the Taliban did not get “one penny” from the US in financial assistance in the country’s control. He said that Kabul is for the anticipated nor there is no help from Washington.
The Taliban has displayed American military gear at its so -called Vijay Day celebrations, defeating him returning to power in Afghanistan.
The February 2020 Doha agreement to get out of the US contingent from Afghanistan stems that the Trump administration interacted with the then obstacle Taliban. Biden completed and defended the military withdrawal, saying that the option he had to follow through that agreement or was ready to go back to fight the Taliban.
