Afghanistan warns Taliban against smuggling military equipment to Pakistan

Interior Minister of Afghanistan Abdul Satar Mirzakwal on Tuesday visited Paktia Province and warned the Taliban to stop transporting military equipment, which they seized from the Afghan military, to Pakistan, reported The Khaama press.

These military equipment and tanks are seized by the Taliban terrorists during clashes with Afghan forces. “Anyone smuggling the military tanks to Pakistan will be directly targeted by the Afghan airforce,” said the acting Interior Minister.

He further said that the Taliban takes these military tanks to Pakistan through the Zabul Province of Afghanistan.
“There are evidence and footage that Taliban take military equipment to Pakistan,” reported The Khaama Press, citing Shamim Khan Katawazai, head of the Afghan’s Independent Directorate of Local Governance. Taliban, however, has continuously rejected these claims.

This comes in the middle of a surge of violence in Afghanistan with frequent clashes between the Taliban and Afghan security forces amid US troop withdrawal.

Source – https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/afghanistan-warns-taliban-against-smuggling-military-equipment-to-pakistan20210630105101/