Taliban hold military parade in show of strength

Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters.

The exercise involved dozens of US-made M117 armoured security vehicles driving slowly up and down a major Kabul road with MI-17 helicopters patrolling overhead.

Most of the weapons and equipment the Taliban forces are now using are those supplied by Washington to the American-backed government in Kabul in a bid to construct an Afghan national force.

People watch a Taliban military parade of the Al-Badr unit in Kandahar on November 8. Taliban have held similar parades since coming to power in a show of strength.

The parade was linked to the graduation of 250 freshly trained soldiers.

Many soldiers carried American made-M4 assault rifles.

A general view of Taliban military parade in Kabul, Afghanistan.