Photo: U.S. equipment, coveted by the Taliban, is now openly for sale in the Pakistani border town of Peshawar, as exclusive CBS News video footage shows. (CBS)From CBS News:
CBS Evening News Exclusive: From Boots To Night-Vision Gear, Looted American Equipment Coveted By Taliban
(CBS) U.S. equipment, coveted by the Taliban, is now openly for sale in the Pakistani border town of Peshawar, CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports. Among the goods: boots, camouflage, even high-power binoculars and sophisticated night-vision gear.
A CBS News camera took these exclusive pictures of looted U.S. military supplies.
CBS News has been told there are U.S. weapons for sale there, too, improving Taliban capabilities and posing a growing risk to U.S. and coalition forces.
"This is state-of-the-art military equipment. If you're going to fight a war these days, you're much better off fighting at night," said defense analyst Paul Beaver. "If you've got the equipment, sniper scopes and night-vision equipment, you can put the enemy off balance."
All this brand new equipment ends up there after Taliban attacks hit and loot NATO convoys.
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My Comment: This news makes one's blood boil.
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