Since its control over the entire country, with the exception of some pockets, the Taliban have spread in the streets of Kabul, often with US military equipment and uniforms. Several US reports and statements by representatives and members of the US Senate also confirmed that a large amount of military equipment and mechanisms fell into the hands of the extremist movement.
American Humvees and Taliban parade in Kandahar province. #Afganistan #PanjshirValley #Panjshir #AfganistanWomen pic.twitter.com/BdPjEE227m— Ashish Sinha (@Ashish_sinhaa) September 1, 2021
However, the sights of Kandahar, the former capital of the movement and its main stronghold, surprised many Afghans yesterday.
A helicopter flew from “Black Hawk” model over the spiritual stronghold of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, while its fighters stood on captured Humvees while the movement was displaying looted American military equipment.
America’s vehicles with Taliban flags
On the highway towards the country’s second largest city, a long line of green military vehicles, decorated with the black and white Taliban flag, lined up.
While the movement’s fighters appeared on the multi-purpose trucks used by US, NATO and Afghan forces during the two-decade war, others climbed on top of vehicles in the town of Aino Maina on the outskirts of the city.
As it appeared between the fighters’ hands, light weapons, and the American “M16” rifles.
In addition, this military parade included a convoy of military vehicles, some of which were equipped with weapons Heavy and machine guns.
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“Black Hawk” is supervising the show
Also, at least one Black Hawk helicopter hovered over this parade, which may indicate that it was flown by someone from the former Afghan army because the Taliban lacks qualified pilots.
In the Kandahar Cricket Stadium, hundreds gathered to listen to sermons praising the movement that suppressed Afghans for years earlier in the 1990s.As a Taliban recruiter told a crowd, AFP reported Today, Thursday: “Our common enemy vowed to bring prosperity to the country, but he failed to do so.”
Kandahar, the heartland of the ethnic Pashtuns, was the cradle of the Taliban and the place from which the movement rose to power in 1996. By 2001, when US-led international forces invaded the country, the Taliban were It controls most of the country.
from U.S The Taliban’s military parade in Kandahar
