The U.S. government left behind more than $7 billion in military equipment when it pulled out of Afghanistan during a chaotic and deadly withdrawal last year, an inspector general confirmed Tuesday.

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Taliban seized over $7 billion of US military equipment

The United States provided more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to the former Afghan government, according to sources, much of it ended up in the hands of the Islamic Emirate after the US troops withdrawal and the sudden collapse of the country, Khaama Press reported.

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More than $7 billion worth of U.S.-supplied military hardware, ranging from howitzers to sniper rifles, fell into the hands of the Taliban in Afghanistan when the American-backed government in Kabul swiftly collapsed amid the U.S. pullout a year ago.

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Taliban seized more than $7B in U.S.-provided weapons when Afghan government fell

Western-backed Afghan government when it collapsed last year — and much of it fell into the hands of the Taliban after the Biden bugout, the Defense Department’s inspector general said …

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More than $7B in US military equipment seized by Taliban: Pentagon watchdog

[Ecclesiastical News, August 19, 2022] (Edited by Ecclesiastical Reporter Takasugi) Chief Inspector General of the US Department of Defense confirmed on Tuesday (August 16) that during the chaotic withdrawal process from Afghanistan last year, the US government left behind more than US$7 billion in military equipment. A report by the Chief Inspector General of the US Department of Defense revealed that most of the 7 billion US dollars of militar…

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US Department of Defense: More than $7 billion in US military equipment is occupied by the Taliban

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): United States, at the time of the withdrawal of its troops from Afghan soil one year back, left military equipment of USD 7 billion worth in the hands of the Taliban, media reports said citing sources. This comes amid Republican criticism of US President Joe Biden’s handling of the military […]

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US left USD 7 bln worth high-tech military equipment in Taliban's hands

It has been a year since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and this new report shows that lots of American equipment was left behind.

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Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Left Over $7 Billion In Military Equipment for Taliban to Seize: Official Report

The majority of the equipment was tactical ground vehicles

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Pentagon Estimates Taliban Took Control of Over $7 Billion in US Military Equipment - News From Antiwar.com

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Over $7 billion worth of vehicles, aircraft, and weapons was left behind when the U.S. military pulled out of Afghanistan last year, an inspector general report has confirmed.

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US troops left military equipment worth billions to the former Afghan government much of it ended up with the Islamic Emirate. This comes amid Republican criticism of US President Joe Biden's handling of the military pullout on its anniversary. In August 2021, the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan and ever since the outfit has been the country's de facto authorities.

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