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Srinagar. The weapons left by the US Army in Afghanistan are being used by many terrorist organizations to create havoc in Kashmir. Experts say that these weapons can be used for dangerous purposes. American news portal NBC quoted officials in Jammu and Kashmir as saying that M4, M16 and other US-made arms and ammunition have been found with terrorists trying to carry out violent incidents in Kashmir on the instigation of Pakistan, which is 30. Rarely seen in years of struggle.
In the year 2021, when the US Army withdrew from Afghanistan, the entire country came under the control of the Taliban and the weapons left there are now being used by many extremists. Officials say most of the weapons recovered so far belong to Jaish-e-Mohammed or Lashkar-e-Taiba, both Pakistan-based terror groups designated as terrorist organizations by the US.
M4 carbyle assault rifle was recovered from JeM terrorists
For example, in a Twitter post last year, the police said they had seized an M4 carbine assault rifle after an encounter in which two JeM terrorists were killed. In Kashmir’s capital Srinagar, Indian Army spokesman Lt Col Amron Mousavi said militants from both groups were sent to Afghanistan to fight or train with the Taliban ahead of the US withdrawal.
“It can be assumed that terrorist organizations have access to weapons released by the US military,” he said. Government officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan did not comment on the comment. According to a Defense Department report published last August, more than $7.1 billion in US-funded military equipment was in the possession of the Afghan government when it fell to the Taliban in August 2021. Although more than half of this was ground vehicles, it also included more than 316,000 weapons, as well as ammunition and other goods, worth approximately $512 million.
