The Taliban’s social media is awash with videos of Taliban fighters seizing weapons caches - the majority supplied by Western powers. General Dostum, 67, is one of the country’s most notorious regional strongmen and had been among the Taliban’s fiercest enemies, Al Arabiya said. Videos circulating on social media online show the fighters entering the ostentatious property of General Dostum and can be seen sitting on the opulent furniture and pretending to drink from a gold tea set. Warlord’s Propertyĭuring the capture of northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Taliban fighters entered the palace of a prominent Afghan warlord and US ally- General Abdul Rashid Dostum. However, it’s unclear how much of the US military’s biometric database on the Afghan population has been compromised.
The report said that the seized devices contain identifying biometric data such as iris scans and fingerprints, as well as biographical information, and are used to access large centralized databases. The devices, known as HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment, were seized while the Taliban were making advances last week, a report in The Intercept said. The Taliban have seized US military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces. and its allies melted away.ĭuring the capture of provincial capitals and Kabul, the Taliban made some expensive captures, Here’s a look at some of them: US Military Biometric Devices The insurgents stormed across the country, capturing all major cities in a matter of days, as Afghan security forces trained and equipped by the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war. The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S.
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