I went to the gun range today at Pol-E-Charki near 201^st Corps.

Under the DIAG (Disarmament of Illegal Armed Groups) program, weapons captured from Taliban, al Qaeda, warlord, and other criminal activities are sent to the Afghan National Army (ANA) Central Workshop for inspection and repair, then test-fired before being issued to ANA units. They are mostly old Soviet weapons.

Today we fired DSHKA heavy machine guns, PKM machine guns, and AK-47 rifles. More pics are here.

There were also some US armored HMMWVs sharing the range and test firing their weapons (.50 cal. machine guns, 7.62mm machine guns, and M4 rifles), and an Italian unit in APCs (Armored Personnel Carriers).

Out.