By AWR HAWKINS
A report from the New York Times indicates that gun dealers in Afghanistan are selling U.S. pistols, rifles, and other weapons in their stores.
According to the Times, the items being sold also include equipment like âbinoculars and night-vision goggles.â
The weapons and equipment were âoriginally provided to the Afghan security forces under a U.S. training and assistance program that cost American taxpayers more than $83 billion through two decades of war.â The Taliban actively sought out the U.S. weapons and equipment, for war-fighting, only to sell it âto Afghan entrepreneurs because Taliban demand has eased with the end of combat.â