The ISI has been known to work closely with the Taliban. “The Taliban doesn’t have the gear to use the data but the ISI do,” the former Special Operations official said, referring to Pakistan’s spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence. Sources: the Taliban have seized US military biometric devices, known as HIIDE, that could aid in the identification of Afghans who supported coalition forces The Taliban have seized U.S. “ was used as a biometric ID tool to help ID locals working for the coalition.”Ī spokesperson for the Defense Intelligence Agency referred questions to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, which did not respond to a request for comment.Īn Army Special Operations veteran said it’s possible that the Taliban may need additional tools to process the HIIDE data but expressed concerns that Pakistan would assist with this. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces, current and former military officials have told The Intercept. The Taliban have been split in recent years between the group commanding the battlefield and the political leadership who were engaged in peace talks in Doha, Qatar. The UN Security Council adopts Resolution 1267, creating the so-called al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee, which links the two groups as terrorist entities and imposes sanctions on their. “We processed thousands of locals a day, had to ID, sweep for suicide vests, weapons, intel gathering, etc.” a U.S. was also widely collected and used in identification cards, sources said. They fear that the Taliban may use the data. Top officers of the US military are worried.
America’s senses have been blown away by the Taliban’s capture on this device. military as a means of tracking terrorists and other insurgents, biometric data on Afghans who assisted the U.S. According to a report in The Intercept, the Taliban has captured the Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) device. military’s biometric database on the Afghan population has been compromised. HIIDE devices contain identifying biometric data such as iris scans and fingerprints, as well as biographical information, and are used to access large centralized databases. military personnel, all of whom worried that sensitive data they contain could be used by the Taliban. The devices, known as HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment, were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive, according to a Joint Special Operations Command official and three former U.S. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces, current and former military officials have told The Intercept.
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