'With the Taliban now in power, there is every reason to believe the militia could grow in strength. No more just the sons of farmers and shepherds, a ragtag bunch of religious terrorists, but a special operations group comparable, perhaps, with the best in the world,' said Shiv Aroor, senior editor and television anchor at India Today.
'This has only been recently revealed, is a militia, a special operations unit of the Taliban that is being deployed not just in Kabul but elsewhere as well that has provided a completely different picture. 'And obviously, we don't have a sense that they are going to readily hand it over to us at the airport,' he added.Īnalysts expect the Badri 313 to continue to grow in the next few months. When asked about the seizure on Tuesday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said: 'We don't have a complete picture, obviously, of where every article of defense materials has gone, but certainly a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban.' It really should raise a lot of concerns about what is the wider enterprise that is going on every single day, whether that's in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia.' 'Clearly, this is an indictment of the U.S. It's a psychological win,' Yousif told The Hill. 'When an armed group gets their hands on American-made weaponry, it's sort of a status symbol. 34rpGbMuQo- Asaad Hanna August 21, 2021Įlias Yousif, deputy director of the Center for International Policy's Security Assistance Monitor, argues that the seizure of American weaponry is a propaganda move, noting that the group took advanced aircraft they are unable to operate due to lack of training.
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