World Desk, AnyTV, Islamabad
Published by: Harendra Chaudhary
Updated Fri, 25 Feb 2022 06:23 PM IST
Summary
A Pakistani security official said that the Pakistani army was in shock after seeing the quality of weapons with the BLA. The intelligence agencies of Pakistan have not yet been able to get clues as to who gave these weapons to the BLA. The officer confirmed that the BLA also had dual beam emitting lasers, which can be used to hit targets accurately even in the dark.
The report has raised Pakistan’s concern that the weapons that US and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) soldiers left in Afghanistan last year are reaching militant groups operating in Pakistan. According to this report, the illegal trade of these weapons has spread rapidly on the Afghan-Pakistan border. The weapons or war equipment procured from there were used in recent attacks against Pakistan’s security forces. The Pakistani army has also gathered evidence of this.
smuggling on pakistan border
According to media reports, the Pakistan Army came to know about the smuggling of such weapons only last year, when it recovered a large cache of weapons near the border. This included M4A1 carbine rifles, GLOCK 9mm pistols, Beretta pistol barrels, and ammunition. Then it was told that this kheer had left from Kabul.
In Balochistan province this month, the militant organization Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) carried out attacks on two Pakistani military camps. It became clear from him that after this organization there are modern weapons made of American technology. It is said that in these attacks, the BAL militants had more lethal types of weapons than the Pakistani soldiers. Twelve and nine Pakistani soldiers were killed in these attacks on the Noshki and Panjgur camps, respectively.
In a press conference this month, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the weapons used in both these attacks were similar to those used by US and NATO troops. But he refused to explain how the BLA got these weapons. He was asked whether the Afghan Taliban had given these weapons to this group. Ahmed did not respond to this.
BLA also has Dual Beam Aiming Laser
But a Pakistani security official told the website Asia Times on the condition of anonymity that the Pakistani army was shocked to see the quality of weapons with the BLA. The intelligence agencies of Pakistan have not yet been able to get clues as to who gave these weapons to the BLA. The official confirmed that the BLA also had dual beam emitting lasers, which can be used to hit targets accurately even in the dark. Apart from this, it is not possible to see the light of these lasers with the naked eye.
Islamabad situation security analyst Shahid Raza told Asia Times- ‘The rifles that the BLA has were sold by the Colt Arms Company to the Afghan army. America had given money for that. Raza said the Taliban was using weapons acquired by the former Afghan National Army. These weapons have been provided to BLA by foreign intelligence agencies. Earlier in October 2021, the American newspaper New York Times had told in a report that the arms dealers were openly buying and selling in Afghanistan the weapons that America had left.
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The report has raised Pakistan’s concern that the weapons that US and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) soldiers left in Afghanistan last year are reaching militant groups operating in Pakistan. According to this report, the illegal trade of these weapons has spread rapidly on the Afghan-Pakistan border. The weapons or war equipment procured from there were used in recent attacks against Pakistan’s security forces. The Pakistani army has also gathered evidence of this.
smuggling on pakistan border
According to media reports, the Pakistan Army came to know about the smuggling of such weapons only last year, when it recovered a large cache of weapons near the border. This included M4A1 carbine rifles, GLOCK 9mm pistols, Beretta pistol barrels, and ammunition. Then it was told that this kheer had left from Kabul.
In Balochistan province this month, the militant organization Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) carried out attacks on two Pakistani military camps. It became clear from him that after this organization there are modern weapons made of American technology. It is said that in these attacks, the BAL militants had more lethal types of weapons than the Pakistani soldiers. Twelve and nine Pakistani soldiers were killed in these attacks on the Noshki and Panjgur camps, respectively.
In a press conference this month, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the weapons used in both these attacks were similar to those used by US and NATO troops. But he refused to explain how the BLA got these weapons. He was asked whether the Afghan Taliban had given these weapons to this group. Ahmed did not respond to this.
BLA also has Dual Beam Aiming Laser
But a Pakistani security official told the website Asia Times on the condition of anonymity that the Pakistani army was shocked to see the quality of weapons with the BLA. The intelligence agencies of Pakistan have not yet been able to get clues as to who gave these weapons to the BLA. The official confirmed that the BLA also had dual beam emitting lasers, which can be used to hit targets accurately even in the dark. Apart from this, it is not possible to see the light of these lasers with the naked eye.
Islamabad situation security analyst Shahid Raza told Asia Times- ‘The rifles that the BLA has were sold by the Colt Arms Company to the Afghan army. America had given money for that. Raza said the Taliban was using weapons acquired by the former Afghan National Army. These weapons have been provided to BLA by foreign intelligence agencies. Earlier in October 2021, the American newspaper New York Times had told in a report that the arms dealers were openly buying and selling in Afghanistan the weapons that America had left.