Former US President Donald Trump said the Taliban (a banned organization in Russia) sold American weapons left in Afghanistan to Russia and China. It has been reported TASS.
He noted that the Taliban currently “rank second in arms sales in the world”.
“They sell all the great, brand new gear we gave them. Apache helicopters, the best in the world. “They gave one to Russia and one to China,” Trump said.
According to the former American leader, approximately 700,000 small arms and 70,000 US-made equipment remained there after the US military withdrew from Afghanistan.
Earlier, The Wall Street Journal, citing a report by US Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko, stated that in the summer of 2021, the United States was withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in an uncoordinated manner, and as a result, which weapons were the most military? equipment and equipment worth less than $7.2 billion hit at the disposal of the new authorities of the country.
Prior to this, John Kirby, Strategic Communications Coordinator of the White House National Security Council, cannot be confirmed It is alleged that the Taliban are considering sending the weapons left by the US military to Afghanistan to Russia.