Thursday, January 26, 2023

Is Russia About To Buy The Afghan Taliban's Stockpile of Captured US Weaponry?

Military vehicles transferred by the U.S. to the Afghan National Army in February 2021. Afghanistan Ministry of Defense/via REUTERS  

PJ Media: REPORT: Putin Wants to Buy U.S. Weapons Biden Left in Afghanistan — But There's Even More 

Billions of dollars worth of U.S. weapons are on the negotiating table between Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and Afghanistan’s Taliban government, according to at least one insider. 

Presidentish Joe Biden’s bungled bugout from Afghanistan resulted in a windfall for the new radical Islamic government, including artillery, attack helicopters, and thousands of HUMVEES, machine guns, radios — all left behind as our orderly withdrawal degenerated into a rout. 

The Department of Defense estimates the total value of the gear Biden left behind at a whopping $7.12 billion, and now Putin is reportedly offering to buy whatever he and the battered Russian Army need. 

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WNU Editor: I am skeptical of this report. I do not see the Afghan Taliban selling their US weaponry for the simple reason that they need it for themselves, and I will be doubly surprised if Russia buys some of it. 

3 comments:

Dave Goldstein said...

If Russia needs this stuff for the war then they are very bad off.

Anonymous said...

All the good stuff got blown up on the tarmac. Nobody needs a bunch of sandworn humvees and machine guns.

Afghan bounty story pt. 2

Anonymous said...

Plus none of this stuff is comparable with Russian logistics.
But I was the Russians i would buy a small portion for
Spec ops / behind enemy lines work