Watch: Taliban hosts parade showing off American equipment abandoned in Afghanistan

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban on Sunday held a massive military parade in Kabul, showing off the gains the organization made after the withdrawal of U.S. forces this past summer.

According to Reuters, Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters in a display that showed their ongoing transformation from an insurgent force to a regular standing army.The Taliban operated as insurgent fighters for two decades but have used the large stock of weapons and equipment left behind when the former Western-backed government collapsed in August to overhaul their forces.

“The Taliban operated as insurgent fighters for two decades but have used the large stock of weapons and equipment left behind when the former Western-backed government collapsed in August to overhaul their forces,” Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam reported via Reuters.

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The parade was linked to the graduation of 250 freshly trained soldiers, defence ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khwarazmi said.


Read the full Reuters story here.


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