Report: U.S.-Funded Afghan Military Equipment Spotted in Iran

U.S. government-funded military equipment given to the Afghan Army during America’s two-decade occupation of Afghanistan has allegedly been spotted in Iran in recent days according to unverified social media photos, Al Arabiya reported Thursday.

“Several US military armored vehicles, which allegedly belonged to the Afghan army before the Taliban took over control of the country, were spotted in Iran on Wednesday, images shared on social media showed,” the Saudi news site wrote on September 2.

“Some of the images shared on Twitter showed trucks belonging to the Iranian army transporting US Humvees, allegedly taken from Afghanistan, on a highway connecting the central city of Semnan to the city of Garmsar, southeast of the capital Tehran,” Al Arabiya added.

Afghanistan’s former defense minister, Bismillah Mohammadi, shared some of the images via his personal Twitter account on September 1. He did not offer any clarity regarding the source of the images:

همسایه‌ی بد #ایران
روزهای بد افغانستان ابدی نیست. pic.twitter.com/BbfBO5r3m2

— General Bismillah Mohammadi (@Muham_madi1) September 1, 2021

“Bad Neighbor #Iran,” he captioned the post. “Afghanistan’s bad days won’t last forever.”

Al Arabiya said it was unable to independently verify the authenticity of the images, while Iran has not commented on the photos.- READ MORE