Press TV
December 16, 2017
The United States has been pressuring Afghanistan to ditch the thousands of free Kalashnikov assault rifles that it has received from Russia and buy American equivalents instead, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.
“The Americans insist that 50,000 Kalashnikov rifles with munitions that were handed over to the Afghan security forces free of charge be removed from operational use and Afghanistan buy US-made rifles and submachine guns instead,” Lavrov told Russian lawmakers Friday.
Russia has donated the weapons over the past few years, with at least 10,000 of them having been delivered in 2016.
Upon receiving the batch, Hanif Atmar, who is the national security adviser to President Ashraf Ghani, hailed the move as a sign of the “deep friendship between” Afghanistan and Russia.
“This important donation is from an important friend of Afghanistan in a crucial time for Afghanistan and the region,” he said at the time.
Having been in use for decades now, the AK rifle series has proven reliable in various battle conditions. Its older, iconic model, the AK-47, remains in active use in Afghanistan and other countries.
‘Militating against Russia just for the fun of it’
Lavrov said Moscow had already raised concerns with Kabul about the true intentions behind the US demand and the fate of the Russian-provided weapons in case the Afghans cave in to the US pressure.
“Along with a question where these 50,000 rifles are to go — and we have asked the Afghans about that — we have another question: what is the reason behind these plans to strip the Afghan army of the possibility to use weapons it is accustomed to and to make it use what it is yet to get comfortable with,” he said. “There is no answer to this question other than that the Americans are seeking to militate against us just for the fun of it.”
According to the top Russian diplomat, Washington has also told the Afghan government to stop buying Russian helicopters and opt for US-made rotorcraft.
Afghanistan has been plagued by years of militancy and a devastating US-led war that has been raging since 2001. It is now almost entirely dependent on foreign aid to maintain security.
The latest push to replace Russian weapons with American ones seems in line with US President Donald Trump’s new strategy for Afghanistan, which includes prolonged military presence and an increase of troop levels in the country.
Wow !
That is very interesting !
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They warmongers were the ones, “themselves”, who made the original purchases from the Russian, in an order to indirectly involved them in imposed anarchies across Afghanistan..
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Now’ironically; the same arms traders are trying to reverse their own dirty works through unbinding dictates of the enslaved military officials in Afghanistan.
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They were basically scheming to make many Russian manufacturs millionaires which was part of the scheme to bribe, implicate and enslave them in to bloody conflict in Afghanistan.
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They achieved all of that in appeasing the Russian “goofy” elite- now it is time to shift, reverse and redirect the cash flow to some other parasitic groups who could be manipulated easily and deliver it much more efficiently under current military and political agendas of INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMINALS. (thugs and thug-mars).
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JUST, PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE VILNERABLE FOLKS OF OURS !
Funny !
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“Make America great once again”- is it a part of a passing political motto or genuine resove to be played out on imposed military grounds ????
You guys have definately short term memory problems- maybe it is something to do with your dupe addiction- it is widespread all over the US; THOSE DRUG TYPES ARE MOSTLY HOME-GROWN (us made).
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I GUESS THE PRASITES WILL BLAME THE “TALIBAN” FOR THAT AS WELL- WHO ELSE THEY COULD POSSIBLY DARE TO ZPICK ON- they get away with it each time around.
The skinless RATS
are contaminating the earth with their filthy presence
all over (even in Afghanistan).