The story of a city where guns are cheaper than smartphones!

The Dhaka Times Desk There is a small town called Dara Adamkhel in Pakistan. And this city is the country's biggest arms black market. Guns are cheaper than smartphones here!

According to the news media Times of India, if you go to the weapon shops of that city, you will see hundreds of Kalashnikov or MP-5 submachine guns hanging openly! The most surprising thing is that the price of smartphones is higher than that of firearms!

This Dara Adamkhel town is 35 km south of Peshawar, Pakistan. This city surrounded by hills has long become a meeting place for all kinds of criminals and terrorists. Mujahideen used to buy weapons from this city during the Mujahideen war with the Soviet Union!

Everyone knows that the US submachine gun MP-5 costs several thousand dollars. But in this city the price is only 7 thousand rupees ie 67 dollars! Local arms dealers make these weapons almost perfectly! Same is the case with the famous Kalashnikov machine gun; That too is being made perfectly.

An arms dealer there told the media that the price of the Kalashnikov made by him was only $125. It is cheaper than most smartphones. This arms dealer has sold more than 10,000 weapons in the last 10 years.