Stinger missiles for sale in Afghanistan

American-made Stinger missiles that can take down an aircraft are for sale in the Afghan capital for £128,000 (€200,000), and rockets for as little as £3,200 (€5,000), international peacekeepers said today.

Unidentified individuals, perhaps the same ones who fired several rockets at Kabul last week, have recently offered to sell the deadly weapons to peacekeepers, the Turkish commander of the multinational force said.