With US weapons, "Taliban" conducts a military parade in Kabul

The "Taliban" movement conducted a military parade in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, using US-made armored vehicles seized after the collapse of the government, and Russian helicopters.

The parade included dozens of US-made M117 armored vehicles that were seen slowly cruising back and forth on a main road in Kabul as Mi-17 helicopters hovered at a low altitude.

Many soldiers carried American-made M4 assault rifles.

Most of the equipment and weapons currently used by the "Taliban" are those provided by Washington to the US-backed government in Kabul in an attempt to build an Afghan national force capable of fighting the "Taliban".

Taliban officials said pilots, technicians and other specialists from the former Afghan National Army would be integrated into the new force, which has also begun to wear traditional military uniforms instead of the Afghan clothes its fighters used to wear.

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