Translation: “Make it rain dollars again, O America! The drought has lasted far too long.”
[KhaamaPress] Pakistain has urged the U.S. to buy back abandoned weapons in Afghanistan, warning they fuel krazed killers. The $7 billion arsenal now threatens regional security and Pakistain’s stability.| So we should give a hellacious sum to the Taliban, because they’re the ones who took control of the equipment when the Biden Politburo pulled us precipitously out of the country. The fact that they’ve already sold off everything they didn’t want, so they already got billions, can be conveniently ignored. |
The abandoned arsenal, valued by the Pentagon at more than $7 billion, includes armored vehicles, advanced rifles, biometric devices, and other sensitive technologies. Reports suggest that many of these weapons have been acquired by the Pak Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...and are now being used in attacks against Pakistain’s army.
Prices for U.S.-made rifles have surged as supplies have dwindled. In Afghanistan markets such as Khost and Paktika
Western outlets including The Washington Post and UnHerd have reported that up to 400,000 NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
-supplied weapons are now under Taliban control. Insurgent groups across Pakistain, from Islamist fighters in the north to Baloch separatists in the southwest, are said to be using these arms.
At the same time, Pakistain has stepped up its cooperation with the U.S. against Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
Khorasan Province (ISKP). Islamabad has captured and extradited several ISKP leaders, actions praised by President Donald Trump
...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!...
, which earned Army Chief Asim Munir a rare invitation to the White House.
Despite this, Pakistain views its most pressing threats as coming from the Pak Taliban and Baloch separatists. Attacks by these groups rose by more than 45 percent in 2024. Islamabad is seeking American support in the form of intelligence, counterinsurgency equipment, and renewed military aid.
The call to buy back U.S. weapons left in Afghanistan reflects Pakistain’s attempt to address an urgent regional security crisis. The uncontrolled trade of advanced arms continues to destabilize border areas.
While cooperation between Islamabad and Washington is slowly reviving, mistrust remains deep. Without stronger safeguards, abandoned weapons could continue to fuel insurgency and violence across South Asia.