![]() “Everything that hasn’t been destroyed is the Taliban’s now,” one US official told Reuters, speaking on the condition of anonymity. ![]() In just two years from 2017 to 2019, the US gave 7,035 machine guns, 4,702 Humvees, 20,040 hand grenades, 2,520 bombs and 1,394 grenade launchers, The Hill noted, citing a report last year from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). ![]() The war chest also included the supply of at least 600,000 infantry weapons - including M16 assault rifles - as well as 162,000 pieces of communication equipment and 16,000 night-vision goggles. The US gave the Afghan military an estimated $28 billion in weaponry between 20 - including seven brand new helicopters delivered to Kabul just a month ago. The Taliban has seized US weapons left in Afghanistan worth billions - possibly including 600,000 assault rifles, some 2,000 armored vehicles, and 40 aircraft, including Black Hawks, according to reports. UN pitches paying $6M for security to Taliban unit whose chief is wanted by the FBIĪmericans evacuated from Afghanistan by vets group land at JFK Turkey, Qatar in talks underway to restart Afghan evacuation flights Afghanistan’s orphans: More than 1,400 kids evacuated without parents ![]()
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