US military items, including uniforms, continue to be sold openly in the Afghan capital of Kabul despite a terrorist attack Wednesday in which assailants wore US-style gear.
“Some of the uniforms and accessories seem genuine or are very good knockoffs,” Stars and Stripes reported after paying the market a visit. The outlet reported that it only costs about $60 to obtain most components of a “convincing” uniform.
Wednesday, seven militants traveling in a captured Humvee set off a suicide bomb and then open fired on the Afghan Interior Ministry. Gen. John Nicholson, the highest-level US commander in Afghanistan, told reporters at the Pentagon over a video call that guards at the building noticed that the uniforms worn by the attackers resembled older versions of those used by US soldiers.
It isn't known for sure whether the Taliban or the local Daesh affiliate were behind the attack, although one of the assailants was captured, according to Nicholson. The Daesh affiliate, called Islamic State of Iraq and…
