Taliban Rebuff Trump’s Call to Return US Arms Worth Billions

Taliban fighters ride atop armored military vehicles in Kabul.Photographer: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images
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The Taliban won’t return any of the military equipment left behind by the US troops while exiting Afghanistan in 2021, a person familiar with the matter said, as relations between Kabul and the Donald Trump administration start on a wobbly note.

Instead of taking back the weapons, the US should provide Taliban with more advanced weapons to fight the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, an offshoot of the broader Islamic State organization, said the person, who did not want to be identified as he is not authorized to speak to the media.