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2023-04-09 India-Pakistan
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'TTP uses US arms left behind in Afghanistan for terrorism in Pakistan'
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[GEO.TV] Modern weapons and military equipment — which was left behind by the US forces after the pullout from Afghanistan in 2001 — are being used by banned Tahreek-e-Taliban
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Pakistain (TTP) and Baloch separatist groups for terrorism in Pakistain, according to a report by Radio Free Europe.
The US had left behind weapons and military equipment worth $7 billion which later boosted the military capabilities of the terrorist groups in Pakistain.
The report said that the US left behind firearms, communications gear, and even armoured vehicles which gave the Lions of Islam a "vast war chest".
Pakistain always desired not to indulge in a blame game with Afghanistan. The RFERL report rejected Kabul’s claims that the TTP was not using Afghan soil against Pakistain as the presence of the TTP, ISKP and other terrorist groups in Afghanistan was an undeniable reality.
The report said that using the US weapons and equipment, both the TTP and Baloch separatist groups were waging insurgencies against the government in Pakistain, which has witnessed a surge in violence over the past two years.
"These weapons have added to the lethality of such groups," said Asfandyar Mir, a senior analyst at the United States Institute of Peace.
Experts say gangs have obtained advanced US weapons and equipment like M16 machine guns and M4 assault rifles, night-vision goggles, and military communication gear.
Abdul Sayed, a Sweden-based researcher who tracks the TTP, said the group’s access to sophisticated combat weapons has had a "terrifying" impact, especially on the lesser-equipped police force in Pakistain.
According to the Pakistain Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS), a think tank in Islamabad, the number of terrorist attacks in the country increased by 27% last year compared to 2021. At least 419 people were killed, while 734 were maimed in 262 terrorist attacks last year.
The Taliban spokesperson, however, rejected claims that it has supplied TTP fighters with US weapons and equipment.
"If some weapons are being smuggled, they are far fewer and not of much concern," the report quoted Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban front man said.
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