Taliban displays abandoned US military equipment

The Taliban's military marked 3 years since the fall of Kabul by parading abandoned US military equipment and vehicles. The US left behind a reported $7 billion of equipment as they scrambled to exit Afghanistan in August 2021 after a rapid Taliban offensive took the Americans and the world by surprise.

They left behind hundreds, possibly thousands of Armoured Personnel Carriers, which were widely used by US forces, as well as the Afghan Army and police. In addition, hundreds of Russian-made combat helicopters, which they bought on the cheap for the Afghan Army, who, despite being given billions of dollars worth of training and weapons by the US, offered no resistance as the Taliban made its advance in summer 2021.

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