Over 200 AK variants turned in by Taliban (Photo)

An Afghan policeman looks at a pile of weapons belonging to former Taliban militants during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan...
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Article at Mercury News
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Note custom paint jobs (Like the Chinese Type 56 Under-folder), slings, and heavier RPD models on table at back. Also an additional photo of Talibanis' lined up with various weapons to be turned in. Despite US news media shaking the finger at U.S. Troops (actually only one trooper who went rogue, in fact the media are beating the drum hoping for a Taliban reaction, they are indeed the Taliban's propaganda arm overseas). Now that they have finally gotten their "Afgan/Vietnam My-Lai" story (and soft soaping the 6 Americans murdered in the wake of the book disposal incident), the vast majority of Afgans have not  forgotten the weekly public executions and shooting of people out of hand for even the most minor infractions, under Taliban rule. Most know Americans are not oppressive or tyrannical in main, (unlike our own news organs, with their biased reports and leftist commentary)...(S9)