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Taliban Got Huge Amount of Weapons, Including Over 100 MANPADS: Russian Defense Minister
Taliban Got Huge Amount of Weapons, Including Over 100 MANPADS: Russian Defense Minister
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Taliban* got a huge amount of weapons after taking over Afghanistan, including more than a hundred man-portable air-defense systems... 24.08.2021, Sputnik International
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"The first and main threat is that the Taliban got a huge amount of weapons. A huge one," he told reporters.Shoigu noted that it included hundreds of armored vehicles, airplanes and helicopters."I'll tell you that there are more than a hundred MANPADS alone," the minister said."Nobody controls and cannot control it," he added.* The Taliban is a terrorist organisation outlawed in Russia and many other countries
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Taliban Got Huge Amount of Weapons, Including Over 100 MANPADS: Russian Defense Minister
16:59 GMT 24.08.2021 (Updated: 19:03 GMT 03.11.2022) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Taliban* got a huge amount of weapons after taking over Afghanistan, including more than a hundred man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), and this poses a threat, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
"The first and main threat is that the Taliban got a huge amount of weapons. A huge one," he told reporters.
Shoigu noted that it included hundreds of armored vehicles, airplanes and helicopters.
"I'll tell you that there are more than a hundred MANPADS alone," the minister said.
"Nobody controls and cannot control it," he added.
* The Taliban is a terrorist organisation outlawed in Russia and many other countries
