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US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan spotted in Iran: Report

There is no definitive figure yet for the number of US military equipment e left behind after the American withdrawal on Monday e the Taliban have seized since taking control of the country last month, the report said

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Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take part in a military training at Malimah area of Dara district in Panjshir province. Pic/AFP

Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take part in a military training at Malimah area of Dara district in Panjshir province. Pic/AFP

Several US military armoured vehicles, which allegedly belonged to the Afghan army before the Taliban took over control of the country, were spotted in Iran on Wednesday, images shared on social media showed, Al Arabiya reported. Some of the images shared on Twitter showed trucks belonging to the Iranian army transporting US Humvees, allegedly taken from Afghanistan, on a highway connecting the central city of Semnan to the city of Garmsar, southeast of the capital Tehran, the report said.

Bismillah Mohammadi, Afghanistan's Defence Minister before the Taliban takeover, tweeted one of the images circulating online, calling Iran a "bad neighbour". "Afghanistan's bad days won't last forever," he added in the same tweet. Iranian authorities have not yet commented on the images. Al Arabiya said it could not independently verify the authenticity of those images shared on social media.

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