In the US, it is worried that the Taliban will threaten American weapons to the peaceful population of Afghanistan. This is reported by the Reuters agency with reference to sources in the US government.
Sources said that the “Taliban” (forbidden terrorist movement forbidden in Russia) received a large number of American weapons after Cabul seized and would use it against Afghan citizens. They also saw the threat that military equipment could get into the “Islamic state” (the movement is prohibited in Russia), China or Russia.
As officials are stated, the administration of the American president Joe Bayiden considers the option of applying air strikes on the largest facilities in Afghanistan, where American weapons are stored. However, officials fear that it can cause taliban discontent.
As intelligence estimates, Taliban controls 2 thousand armored personnel carriers, about 40 aircraft, including UH-60 Black Hawks, reconnaissance drum helicopters and Military drones ScaneAgle.
Since 2003, the United States has been provided by the Afghan forces at least 600 thousand units of infantry weapons, including assault rifles M16, 162 thousand units of communication equipment and 16 thousand night vision devices.
Earlier, the officer of the Afghan police Haded Hassanzade spoke about the unequal fight between the Afghan security forces and the militants of the Taliban movement. “We were only 70 soldiers, as weapons we had Calashnikov machine guns. The Taliban had a M4 and M16 rifles, and even snipers with night vision devices,” the officer told.