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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 20 > U.S. munitions ending up with Taliban in Afghanistan

U.S. munitions ending up with Taliban in Afghanistan

Discovery raises fears that Afghan forces may be supplying insurgents

By C.J. Chivers / The Bulletin
May 20, 2009

KABUL — Insurgents in Afghanistan, fighting from some of the poorest and most remote regions on Earth, have managed to maintain a guerrilla war against materially superior U.S. and Afghan forces.

Arms and ordnance collected from dead insurgents hint at one possible reason: Of 30 rifle....

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