{"id":33104,"date":"2012-12-05T13:32:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T17:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=33104"},"modified":"2012-12-05T13:32:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T17:32:28","slug":"in-obama-era-weapons-sales-soar-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=33104","title":{"rendered":"In Obama era; weapons sales soar – in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, we’ve all heard how after the last election, weapons sales have surged here in the US. It looks like it’s had the same effect in Afghanistan according to Stars & Stripes<\/a>;<\/p>\n

In the past three years, the black market price of an AK-47, the weapon of choice for Afghan fighters of all stripes, has gone up from between $600 to $700 to as much as $1,500 for a new rifle, and prices for pistols, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and PK machine guns have kept pace, according to weapons dealers and a Taliban commander interviewed for this article.<\/p>\n

The demand is so high for rifles that some weapons dealers are now going door to door to ask villagers if they\u2019re willing to part with their guns.<\/p>\n

While insurgent groups like such as the Taliban and Hezb-i-Islami, warlords and members of parliaments may have different ideologies, a Kabul province weapons dealer says they are all stockpiling weapons for the same simple reason.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are looking to have power after the foreign forces leave,\u201d said Malik, who would only use his first name.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess responsible leadership in that shithole might try to shut down the weapons bazaars, but that’s probably asking too much. Well, unless there’s a Second Amendment-type guarantees in Afghanistan that allows their citizens own fully automatic weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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