It's a psychological win," Elias Yousif, deputy director of the Center for International Policy's Security Assistance Monitor, told The Hill. Posted By Ghost Please click the Report button below if the video on this page is not working properly. "When an armed group gets their hands on American-made weaponry, it's sort of a status symbol. The Taliban have released a propaganda video in which its fighters appear to be dressed in stolen US military uniforms and carrying US-made assault rifles. While the group will unlikely be able to operate the aircraft, the seizures will serve as a propaganda tool. Taliban has released a video showing its fighters wearing US military uniforms and carrying US-made assault rifles taken from the stockpiles provided to the Afghan Army. He appears to be flanked by armed guards also equipped with US military gear.Īnother official told Reuters that estimates suggest the Taliban control over 2,000 armored vehicles, including Humvees, and up to 40 aircraft, including UH-60 Black Hawks, scout attack helicopters, and ScanEagle military drones. On Friday, Khalil Haqqani, a senior member of Taliban splinter group the Haqqani network and a designated global terrorist with a $5 million bounty on his head, was photographed in Kabul preaching to a packed mosque while holding a US-made M-4 rifle. "Everything that hasn't been destroyed is the Taliban's now," a US official told Reuters, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "The peace process efforts have also meant that the Taliban's intelligentsia is more politically nuanced and savvier in their communications than in the past," Ingram noted.Between 20, the US gave Afghan forces an estimated $28 billion in weaponry.
A Taliban spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, told NPR last Wednesday that American troops and civilians will not be attacked. Since seizing control of the country last week, the Taliban has sought to assure fellow Afghans and the world that its rule will be peaceful. officials have said that they regard the ISIS offshoot as a threat, especially since it may see the chaotic evacuation and political uncertainty in Afghanistan as an opportunity both to hit the U.S. ally-made weapons and gear that appear to be. In an Image Mocking the Marines, the Taliban Shows Off New Propaganda Savvy Taliban fighters hoist the white flag of the Taliban in the Afghanistan mountains in a photo similar to AP. Multiple researchers noted that ISIS used social media strategically in an effort to paint itself as a powerful and influential force in the region and as an effective government for those under its rule.Īlthough an Islamic State affiliate, ISIS-Khorasan, is operating in the region, it is important to note that it is enemies with the Taliban. Propaganda videos posted this week on channels affiliated with the Taliban show soldiers in the little-known Badri 313 Battalion carrying U.S. There's also the fact that the Taliban's resurgence comes after the region saw the rise and fall of the Islamic State. A paratrooper questions a mock villager about propaganda posted by the Taliban during a patrol to capture a high-value individual in simulated Afghan. The researcher explained that the Taliban likely "began to have a better appreciation for the power of propaganda" when it noticed that "exaggerating the impact of airstrikes on local communities and highlighting the death of innocent civilians contributed to, at times, a hesitancy on our side." "There is no question that the Taliban has improved its propaganda efforts." "More importantly, I think it is a small and relatively superficial example of what is a pretty profound transformation in the Taliban's campaign efforts," Ingram added. After swiftly retaking Afghanistan this month, the Taliban has just released a photo that appears to mock the United States it’s a recreation of the iconic World War II photograph Raising the. The Marine Corps did not comment on the photo or its similarity to the famed Iwo Jima image. Read Next: Afghanistan: The War That Made War Normal Videos and images released by the Taliban show that the group has seized huge stocks of American weapons, vehicles and military drones. The journalists, Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, were subjected to mock executions, forced at gunpoint to participate in a crude propaganda video. "If this is legit, there is no doubt Badri 313 are taking the piss with this photo," Ingram told in an email.
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