The Taliban has operated a military helicopter in the city of Kandahar for the first time since its control of the city, while Republican members of the US Congress are demanding their government to reveal all the weapons left by their country's forces in Afghanistan.
Pictures circulating on social media showed a Black Hawk helicopter flying in the sky of the city, while the movement did not announce any details in this regard.
The Republican Representative in the House of Representatives, Jim Banks, had revealed earlier that the Taliban had seized military equipment and mechanisms, including more than 200 helicopters, and a variety of weapons valued at more than 85 billion dollars.
Also, 15 Republican members of the US Senate called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to provide a full disclosure of the weapons left by US forces in Afghanistan.
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Reuters quoted a US official as saying that, despite the lack of specific numbers, the current intelligence assessment indicates that the Taliban have taken control of more than two thousand armored vehicles;
Including what is the American "Humvee", and up to 40 aircraft, including UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft, attack helicopters, and "Scan" military drones. Scan Eagle.
From 2002 to 2017, the United States gave the Afghan military an estimated $28 billion worth of weapons, including rifles, night-vision goggles, and small drones for intelligence-gathering purposes.
But aircraft, such as the Black Hawk helicopters, were the most visible indication of the US military's assistance to the Afghan forces, and were supposed to give them more advantage over the Taliban.