Afghanistan, US weapons in the hands of the Taliban

2021-08-21T15:57:54.625Z

The United States is trying to make an inventory of the weapons left in the hands of the Taliban, the result of more than 20 years of aid to the Afghan military, while from Afghanistan arrive the images of the Taliban parading with M4 carbines and American M16 rifles or aboard Abandoned Humvee. To complete this assessment, in the absence of personnel in the field, it will take weeks, if not months, the sources of Cnn specify. Certainly, mine-resistant vehicles (Mrap) and most likely several Black Hawk combat helicopters and about twenty A-29 Tucano attack aircraft left at the Kandahar base also ended up in the hands of the Taliban, a Congressional source said. so the greatest fear in Washington is that such systems will then be sold to others who "they will use them against us and our allies. "The destruction or removal of US equipment from Afghanistan began immediately after the Doha accords of February 2020, and went hand in hand with the reduction of forces from 8,500 to 2,500. . Something had already been done in 2018, when the level of the forces had dropped below 14 thousand. But between 2013 and 2016, the Americans offered the Afghan forces more than 600 thousand small arms (such as the M16 and M4 rifles). and nearly 800 vehicles, night vision goggles, radios and more. More recently, between 2017 and 2019, 7,000 machine guns, 4,700 Humvees, and over 20,000 grenades arrived from the Pentagon. And in the last two years alone, Americans they gave their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.The destruction or removal of US equipment from Afghanistan began immediately after the Doha agreement of February 2020, and went hand in hand with the reduction of forces from 8,500 to 2,500. Something had already been done in 2018, when the level of the forces had dropped below 14 thousand units. But between 2013 and 2016, the Americans offered Afghan forces more than 600,000 small arms (such as the M16 and M4 rifles) and nearly 800 vehicles, night vision goggles, radios and more. More recently, between 2017 and 2019, 7,000 machine guns, 4,700 Humvees, and over 20,000 grenades arrived from the Pentagon. And in the past two years alone, the Americans have given their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.The destruction or removal of US equipment from Afghanistan began immediately after the Doha agreement of February 2020, and went hand in hand with the reduction of forces from 8,500 to 2,500. Something had already been done in 2018, when the level of the forces had dropped below 14 thousand units. But between 2013 and 2016, the Americans offered Afghan forces more than 600,000 small arms (such as the M16 and M4 rifles) and nearly 800 vehicles, night vision goggles, radios and more. More recently, between 2017 and 2019, 7,000 machine guns, 4,700 Humvees, and over 20,000 grenades arrived from the Pentagon. And in the past two years alone, the Americans have given their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.Afghanistan began immediately after the Doha agreement of February 2020, and went hand in hand with the reduction of forces from 8,500 troops to 2,500. Something had already been done in 2018, when the level of the forces had dropped below 14 thousand units. But between 2013 and 2016, the Americans offered Afghan forces more than 600,000 small arms (such as the M16 and M4 rifles) and nearly 800 vehicles, night vision goggles, radios and more. More recently, between 2017 and 2019, 7,000 machine guns, 4,700 Humvees, and over 20,000 grenades arrived from the Pentagon. And in the past two years alone, the Americans have given their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.Afghanistan began immediately after the Doha agreement of February 2020, and went hand in hand with the reduction of forces from 8,500 troops to 2,500. Something had already been done in 2018, when the level of the forces had dropped below 14 thousand units. But between 2013 and 2016, the Americans offered Afghan forces more than 600,000 small arms (such as the M16 and M4 rifles) and nearly 800 vehicles, night vision goggles, radios and more. More recently, between 2017 and 2019, 7,000 machine guns, 4,700 Humvees, and over 20,000 grenades arrived from the Pentagon. And in the past two years alone, the Americans have given their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.when the level of the forces had dropped below 14 thousand units. But between 2013 and 2016, the Americans offered Afghan forces more than 600,000 small arms (such as the M16 and M4 rifles) and nearly 800 vehicles, night vision goggles, radios and more. More recently, between 2017 and 2019, 7,000 machine guns, 4,700 Humvees, and over 20,000 grenades arrived from the Pentagon. And in the past two years alone, the Americans have given their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.when the level of the forces had dropped below 14 thousand units. But between 2013 and 2016, the Americans offered Afghan forces more than 600,000 small arms (such as the M16 and M4 rifles) and nearly 800 vehicles, night vision goggles, radios and more. More recently, between 2017 and 2019, 7,000 machine guns, 4,700 Humvees, and over 20,000 grenades arrived from the Pentagon. And in the past two years alone, the Americans have given their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.and over 20 thousand grenades. And in the past two years alone, the Americans have given their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.and over 20 thousand grenades. And in the past two years alone, the Americans have given their Afghan allies 18,000 rounds of ammunition.