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The story of abandoned weapons and equipment in Afghanistan
[ExpressTribune] Nearly $7.2 billion worth of aircraft, guns, vehicles, ammunition and specialised equipment remained in AfghanistanWe continue to explore the collapse of Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) in August 2021, as chronicled in February 2023 report by SIGAR (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction), a US government entity. Since 2002, the US-supplied equipment worth approximately $18.6 billion to ANDSF including around 300 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft; over 80,000 vehicles of several types; nearly 600,000 weapons (all calibers); communications equipment, night vision goggles and biometric systems. In over two years alone (2018 to collapse in 2021), ANDSF received 84 aircraft, 6,551 vehicles, 18,956 weapons and 299 night-vision devices. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-10-08 |
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