The day after a defiant Joe Biden deemed his Afghanistan exit a "Success" - the Taliban did a little celebrating of their own, holding a 'victory' parade in the streets of Kabul featuring the Taliban army's new 'toys'.
"The Taliban Wednesday paraded some of the military hardware they captured during their takeover of Afghanistan," AFP wrote in confirming the spectacle that mocked the whole US debacle of a twenty year occupation that ended in handing over billions of dollars in military equipment.
WATCH: Taliban throw military parade with US equipment.
The parade even included a helicopter flying over a long line of Humvees decked out with the white and black Taliban flags.
An AFP journalist observed that "a long line of green Humvees and armored fighting vehicles drove in single file along a highway outside Kandahar - the spiritual birthplace of the militant movement - many with white-and-black Taliban flags attached to aerials".
Starting weeks ago as Taliban militants began capturing base after base and easily steamrolled major cities across the country with little resistance, it became clear they were putting their newly acquired expensive American and NATO equipment to use, given they began taking cities in the south while riding in on Humvees and armored battle vehicles.
More images of the Taliban's victory parade in Kandahar today.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Taliban Holds Huge Victory Parade Showing Off US Military Hardware
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