EXCLUSIVE: Classified Taliban Weapons Transfer Operation Exposed — Full Movement of US-Origin Arsenal Tracked & Documented

KANDAHAR | November 27, 2025 – A detailed and highly compartmentalized operation by the Taliban to relocate American-origin weapons and ammunition from central depots to hardened, mountain tunnel complexes has been fully monitored and exposed, according to visual evidence and operational intelligence obtained and verified.

The movement, personally ordered by Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, was triggered by precision strikes from the Pakistani Air Force in late October targeting terrorist camps and Taliban stockpiles across multiple provinces. The strikes revealed critical vulnerabilities in the Taliban's logistics network, prompting an urgent and clandestine redistribution effort.

The Arsenal in Motion

On November 27, convoys of American-made Navistar 7000 series military trucks were observed departing the central weapon depots of the Taliban’s three main security bodies: the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, and the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI). The cargo consisted of light and heavy weapons and vast ammunition stocks left behind by US forces, now being transported to newly constructed "classified" storage sites in the southern provinces of Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Helmand.

These provinces were historically the Taliban's core insurgent stronghold. The relocation was designed to place the arsenal deeper within sympathetic territory and farther from the reach of cross-border aerial threats.

A Three-Tiered, Codeword-Driven Operation

Fearing their security was compromised and that precise geolocations of depots had been acquired by foreign intelligence, Taliban planners devised a meticulous, multi-layered transfer system to eliminate tracking and prevent internal leaks.

The operation relied on three segregated driver groups, identified internally only as Group A, Group B, and Group C:

• Group A transported loaded trucks from Kabul to a handoff zone in the Salar area of Maidan Wardak province. Transfers required a rotating codeword, issued directly by the Ministry of Defense and Haibatullah’s Leadership Council, and were conducted with strict precautions to prevent operatives from identifying one another.

• Group B received the convoys and moved them through Zabul to the entrance of Daman district in Kandahar. A second codeword verification occurred before the final handoff. Video evidence corroborates this leg of the journey.

• Group C, the final and most trusted unit, was tasked with delivering the weapons to their ultimate destinations. This segment was executed not by regular drivers, but by members of the Omari Lashkar—Haibatullah's personal protection unit—with transport support from the Al-Badr Force, a special operations unit under Defense Minister Mullah Yaqoob. Both units report for this operation to Mawlawi Abdul Ahad Talib, the Taliban Police Chief of Kandahar.

Their destination: newly excavated tunnel complexes in remote mountain ranges, constructed since 2022 on Haibatullah's verbal orders to serve as covert, hardened depots.

A Network of Watchful Eyes

To oversee the massive logistics operation, the Taliban established a series of observation posts approximately every 60 miles along the route, positioned on mountain tops and high ridges.

These posts served a triple function:

1. Real-time monitoring of convoy movements to prevent deviations.

2. Hosting liaison officers from the MoD, MoI, and GDI to oversee segments within their jurisdiction.

3. Maintaining constant communication with drivers to troubleshoot issues immediately.

"A Lesson in Vulnerability"

Despite the Taliban's rigorous efforts at operational security—including codewords, compartmentalized personnel, and remote monitoring—the entire process, from departure to final handoff and tunnel entry, was tracked and documented.

A source providing the intelligence attached a direct message to the Taliban leadership: "You wanted a reaction. What you got was a lesson... If you think you buried those locations so deep that no one knows where you’re hiding your arsenal now, you are sorely mistaken."

The exposure of this operation reveals significant ongoing internal and security challenges for the Taliban regime as it manages a vast inherited arsenal while under perceived external threat. It also highlights the persistent intelligence contest defining the region's security landscape.

Visual evidence supporting the monitored movements has been obtained.