US-made arms used in Jaffar Express attack, says WaFo
2025-04-15
TERRORISTS who attacked the Jaffar Express train in Balochistan last month used weapons left behind when United States forces withdrewfromAfghanistan, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
The Jaffar Express was attacked on March 11 when terrorists ambushed the Peshawar-bound train carrying 440 passengers and took hostages. Consequently, the security forces initiated an operation that lasted two days.
According to The Post, an M4A1 carbine rifle built by American manufacturer Colt was recovered from the site of the attack.
The rifle`s serial number indicated that it was part of billions of dollars worth of weaponry sent to US forces in Afghanistan, who abandoned much of their equipment in 2021.
`Many of the weapons wound up across the border in Pakistan, at arms bazaars andinthehandsof insurgent s, illustrating how the consequences of America`s failed war continue to reverberate years after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban,` WaPo wrote.
After months of inquiries, the US Army and the Pentagon confirmed to The Post that 63 of the weapons that were shown to reporters had been provided by the US government to Afghan national forces.
