At a parade in the Afghan city of Kandahar, the Taliban display captured US military equipment.
According to the AFP agency, many of the US-made vehicles had the white and black Taliban flag attached to their antennas.
After the US withdrew completely from Afghanistan on August 31, large parts of US military material fell into the hands of the Taliban.
A US official had spoken of around 2,000 vehicles and around 40 aircraft, including attack helicopters and drones.
Between 2002 and 2017, the US government had spent more than $ 28 billion to arm the Afghan armed forces.
Before that, the Islamists mainly had pick-ups, motorcycles, bazookas and machine guns from Soviet or Russian stocks.
Now the Taliban, which the West has fought militarily since 2001, are better equipped than ever before.
Video recordings from a pro-Taliban account show a helicopter flying over the heads of some fighters as they prepare for the parade.
At least one Black Hawk helicopter has flown over Kandahar in the past few days. According to experts, this indicates that someone from the former Afghan army was behind the wheel, as the Taliban are said to be lacking qualified pilots.
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