Present day weapons and military hardware — which was abandoned by the US powers after the pullout from Afghanistan in 2001 — are being utilized by prohibited Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Baloch dissident gatherings for psychological warfare in Pakistan, as per a report by Radio Free Europe.
The US had abandoned weapons and military hardware worth $7 billion which later supported the tactical capacities of the fear based oppressor bunches in Pakistan.
The report said that the US abandoned guns, interchanges stuff, and, surprisingly, shielded vehicles which gave the aggressors a "huge reserve".
Pakistan generally wanted not to enjoy an attempt at finger pointing with Afghanistan. The RFERL report dismissed Kabul's cases that the TTP was not involving Afghan soil against Pakistan as the presence of the TTP, ISKP and other fear based oppressor bunches in Afghanistan was a certain reality.
The report said that utilizing the US weapons and hardware, both the TTP and Baloch dissenter bunches were pursuing rebellions against the public authority in Pakistan, which has seen a flood in savagery throughout recent years.
"These weapons have added to the lethality of such gatherings," said Asfandyar Mir, a senior examiner at the US Foundation of Harmony.
Specialists say equipped gatherings have gotten progressed US weapons and hardware like M16 assault rifles and M4 attack rifles, night-vision goggles, and military correspondence gear.
Abdul Sayed, a Sweden-based specialist who tracks the TTP, said the gathering's admittance to modern battle weapons has had a "startling" influence, particularly on the lesser-prepared police force in Pakistan.
As per the Pakistan Establishment of Harmony Studies (PIPS), a research organization in Islamabad, the quantity of fear based oppressor assaults in the nation expanded by 27% last year contrasted with 2021. No less than 419 individuals were killed, while 734 were harmed in 262 fear monger goes after a year ago.
The Taliban representative, in any case, dismissed claims that it has provided TTP contenders with US weapons and gear.
"In the event that a few weapons are being carried, they are far less and not of much concern," the report cited Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban representative said.
