The White House said the 100 trillion won worth of military assets the United States has poured into Afghanistan over the past 20 years has fallen into the hands of the Taliban, which has taken control of Afghanistan, the White House said.
White House press secretary Jake Sullivan said on the 17th that "we don't know exactly where all the military items went, but many of them fell into the hands of the Taliban."
"We don't think they'd be willing to give it back to us," he said. Yes," he added.
Photos and videos taken in Afghanistan have confirmed that guns and vehicles provided by the Pentagon to the Afghan government forces and a UH-60 Blackhawk attack helicopter at southern Kandahar Airport fell into the hands of the Taliban, AFP said.
A spokeswoman for Sullivan said the Black Hawks were provided to the Afghan government forces to assist them in fighting the Taliban.
The Associated Press also reported that the Taliban had seized $83 billion worth of weapons that the US provided to Afghan government forces over 20 years.
With the Afghan government's military disintegration very quickly, the ultimate beneficiary of US investment has been the Taliban.
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