{"id":853578,"date":"2021-10-06T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=853578"},"modified":"2021-10-06T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:14:09","slug":"afghan-gun-shops-sell-us-weapons-seized-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-gun-shops-sell-us-weapons-seized-by-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Gun Shops Sell US Weapons Seized by Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghan-gun-shops-sell-us-weapons-seized-by-taliban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=853578&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Taliban-scaled-e1633548705985.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>U.S. weapons and military equipment left behind during the United States&#8217; withdrawal from Afghanistan are now being sold by gun dealers in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>New York<\/em> <em>Times&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/05\/world\/asia\/us-weapons-afghanistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed<\/a> weapons dealers in Afghanistan&#8217;s Kandahar Province who said Afghans have been selling an array of U.S. military gear that the Taliban seized from Afghan national troops when they took over the country in August.<\/p>\n<p>U.S.-made equipment sold on the black market includes &#8220;pistols, rifles, grenades, binoculars and night-vision goggles,&#8221; according to the report. Gun merchants told the&nbsp;<em>Times&nbsp;<\/em>the Taliban has been selling off weapons since the end of the insurgency and that Pakistan is a source of demand for the captured U.S. arms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;American-made weapons are in great demand, as they work very well and people know how to use them,&#8221; one merchant said.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban denied that its fighters have been selling captured guns, telling the&nbsp;<em>Times&nbsp;<\/em>that U.S. weapons &#8220;are all listed, verified and are all saved and secure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Billions of dollars in U.S. weaponry were <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/taliban-captures-billions-in-us-military-equipment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly seized<\/a> during this summer&#8217;s withdrawal, and the Taliban <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/taliban-captures-million-dollar-us-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captured<\/a> advanced equipment including drones, Humvees, and helicopters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. weapons and military equipment left behind during the United States&#8217; withdrawal from Afghanistan are now being sold by gun dealers in the country. 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