World / Pakistan buying US military weapons in Afghanistan claims new Report

Pakistan is reportedly buying US military weapons from the Afghan Taliban amid fears of falling into the hands of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). A new report has revealed this. This is when talks are taking place between the Imran Khan government and the banned organization for a comprehensive ceasefire and on the other hand Pakistan is going through the worst days on the economic front.

Cross-border violence in Pakistan has intensified since the Taliban took power in Kabul in mid-August, and so has the TTP's last bastion of North Waziristan, a major operation against militants. Back in August, reports emerged that the Taliban were supplying massive amounts of US weapons to Pakistan from the Afghan army.

The New York Times reported last month that weapons confiscated after the withdrawal of US troops were being sold openly in stores by Afghan gun dealers who paid government soldiers and Taliban members for guns and ammunition.

The report said that as part of a US training and aid program that cost US taxpayers more than USD 83 billion during two decades of war, the equipment was originally provided to Afghan security forces. The Taliban amassed a large number of weapons after American troops left Afghanistan. Pentagon officials previously reported that advanced weapons had been disabled before troops left, but there were still thousands of weapons available to the Taliban, as the NYT reports.