Taliban holding weapons left by US.US weaponry left in Afghanistan fuels terrorism in Pakistan: Report
Global media reports reveal that banned groups in Pakistan are using US weapons for terrorism. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Baloch separatists are using US weapons for terrorist activities in Pakistan. https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Terrorism/U.S.-arms-left-in-Afghanistan-surface-in-Pakistan-Taliban-insurgency Radio Free Europe reported that Pakistani terrorists later used the $7 billion worth of military equipment left behind by the US in Afghanistan. Abandoned US military hardware in Afghanistan reportedly strengthened Pakistani terrorist organizations. https://www.indiatoday.in/opinion-columns/story/us-weapons-left-in-afghanistan-are-becoming-a-new-threat-to-pakistan-and-india-2335616-2023-02-16 The study also claimed that the TTP and Baloch separatist organisations were using US weapons and equipment to wage uprisings against the Pakistani government, where violence has increased over the past two years. The US reportedly left behind a “huge war chest” of weaponry and equipment for militants. Several sources said that the TTP has increased its assaults on a number of significant provinces of Pakistan, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and Punjab, since the TTP and Pakistani government’s truce expired in November of last year. According to the Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS), there were 27% more terrorist strikes in Pakistan in 2022 than there were in 2021. According to the research, militant organizations carried out more than 261 terrorist incidents in 2022, resulting in 419 fatalities and 734 injuries.

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