Report: U.S.-funded Afghan military equipment spotted in Iran

[Counselor706]

U.S. government-funded military equipment given to the Afghan Army during America’s two-decade occupation of Afghanistan has allegedly been spotted in Iran in recent days according to unverified social media photos, Al Arabiya reported Thursday.

“Several US military armored vehicles, which allegedly belonged to the Afghan army before the Taliban took over control of the country, were spotted in Iran on Wednesday, images shared on social media showed,” the Saudi news site wrote on September 2.

“Some of the images shared on Twitter showed trucks belonging to the Iranian army transporting US Humvees, allegedly taken from Afghanistan, on a highway connecting the central city of Semnan to the city of Garmsar, southeast of the capital Tehran,” Al Arabiya added.

Afghanistan’s former defense minister, Bismillah Mohammadi, shared some of the images via his personal Twitter account on September 1. He did not offer any clarity regarding the source of the images:

Source

 

[mayfly13]

and the significance of this is what?

oh, forgot.
you're the guy who does things not many can: google-ing
you're leaving the easy stuff to others

 

[KeithD]

Escaping Afghan government soldiers had to get across the border into Iran in something.

 

[ll74]

Yes, we gave equipment to Afghans for 20 years.

Iran probably got a hold of it 10 years ago

 

[pecksniff]

Iran can easily buy any non-nuclear armament it wants.

 

[bellisarius]

No surprise there. The 'new wave' Taliban was trained in Iran. This is the second generation. Further you can look to see certain select pieces of equipment showing up in Russia and China.

And under the heading of, "Ain't it funny how the world works?" Just as ole Joe bans the import of ammo from Russia, a whole new market opens up for them. The timing couldn't have been better had it been planned in advance.

 

[pecksniff]

No surprise there. The 'new wave' Taliban was trained in Iran.

That seems counterintuitive -- the Taliban are Sunni, not Shi'a.

 

[bellisarius]

That seems counterintuitive -- the Taliban are Sunni, not Shi'a.

Not all the refugee's of 20 years ago fled to Pakistan, just as many fled to Iran. Those young men were raised in Shia' Madrassa's and when they came of age they went back to join the 'struggle.' The tip off is the number of Taliban members now wearing a black turban signifying that they are a Sayyid, or of the tribe of Muhammad. This is a signal feature of Shia' Islam, not Sunni.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Yes, we gave equipment to Afghans for 20 years.

Iran probably got a hold of it 10 years ago

More than that. We armed the Taliban and the Northern Alliance in the 80s.

 

[ll74]

More than that. We armed the Taliban and the Northern Alliance in the 80s.

Very valid point

 

[pecksniff]

Not all the refugee's of 20 years ago fled to Pakistan, just as many fled to Iran. Those young men were raised in Shia' Madrassa's and when they came of age they went back to join the 'struggle.' The tip off is the number of Taliban members now wearing a black turban signifying that they are a Sayyid, or of the tribe of Muhammad. This is a signal feature of Shia' Islam, not Sunni.

I've heard of that custom, but I thought the turban was green. Maybe it is among Sunni.