Afghanistan: Taliban arms jihadis in Tajikistan with US equipment

BY ROBERT SPENCER

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/10/afghanistan-taliban-arms-jihadis-in-tajikistan-with-us-equipment;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:

The Biden legacy.

“Taliban Said To Have Rearmed Tajik Militants And Moved Uyghur Fighters From Chinese Border,” RFE/RL, October 4, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

KHATLON, Tajikistan — The Taliban has provided Tajik militants based along the border with Tajikistan with new military vehicles, weaponry, and other equipment over the past two weeks, security sources in Tajikistan and northeastern Afghanistan say, amid an ongoing military buildup on both sides of the frontier.

The sources also told RFE/RL on October 4 that the Taliban has also “removed” ethnic Uyghur fighters from an area close to Afghanistan’s small border with China.

Tajik militants based in Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan have been seen with U.S.-made weaponry and vehicles, including Humvees, with some of them wearing American combat gear, according to an official with Tajikistan’s state border services.

A former Afghan military officer based in Badakhshan confirmed the allegation….