October 13 2009
Arms dealers say that German military pistols are being sold illegally in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reports Deutsche Welle.
The German government sent 10,000 old Walther-P1 pistols to the Afghan Interior Ministry in 2006 to equip Afghan police officers and soldiers.
However, according to a German public radio account, the German government and the U.S.-led security team in charge failed to properly monitor the guns' locations. There are said to be detailed records of only...
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