Taliban hold military parade in kabul

KABUL, Nov. 16 (YPA) – Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters in a display that showed their ongoing transformation from an insurgent force to a regular standing army.

The parade was linked to the graduation of 250 freshly trained soldiers, defence ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khwarazmi said.

The exercise involved dozens of U.S.-made M117 armoured security vehicles driving slowly up and down a major Kabul road with MI-17 helicopters patrolling overhead. Many soldiers carried American made-M4 assault rifles.

The US government provided its Afghan-based forces with armored vehicles before falling into Taliban militants after they came to power, and the US military left the country indiscriminately in order to create chaos.

E.M