Inside Afghanistan’s deadly arms trade

Inside Afghanistan’s deadly arms trade

Sher Khan dominates any room he walks into. That’s hardly surprising, and not just because he’s an arms trader. Tall and dark with a thickening beard, he fully deserves his nom de guerre: translated from Pashto, “Sher Khan” means “The King of Lions”. It’s an image he’s honed for a while, dealing in death for a decade from his base in southern Afghanistan. Speaking to UnHerd using a pseudonym, Khan explains he long sold Russian guns — relics of th