Deliveries of Russian weaponry to Afghanistan

The Russian Interior Ministry’s Il-76 cargo plane landed on November 12 in Kabul, delivering the last batch of AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition to the Afghan police.

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The Russian Interior Ministry’s Il-76 cargo plane landed on November 12 in Kabul, delivering the last batch of AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition to the Afghan police.

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The cargo was quickly loaded on military trucks for transportation to a secure underground storage facility near Kabul airport.

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The unloading and transportation of the weaponry took two hours.

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Russia donated 20,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles and 2.5 million rounds of ammunition to the Afghan police.

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The cargo was delivered by nine Il-76 planes.

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Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Andrei Avetisyan greets an Il-76 crew at Kabul airport.

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The deliveries were carried out under Russian-Afghan bilateral agreements and as a token of close military-technical ties between the two countries.

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Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Ghulam Ali Wahdat presented Russian pilots and officials with gifts made by local craftsmen.

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The pilots and officials were given large velvet-covered boxes containing hand-made chess pieces, watches and chalices made from the traditional Afghan semi-precious stone, blue spar. The gifts were made by craftsmen from the Badakhshan province.