US$7 billion worth of military equipment abandoned as U.S. troops leave Afghanistan

　　On April 27, local time, CNN was informed of a report submitted by the U.S. Department of Defense to Congress.

About $7 billion worth of military equipment was abandoned when U.S. troops pulled out of Afghanistan last year, the report said.

Data map: On August 31, 2021, the US Central Command released the image taken by night vision goggles on August 30, 2021: At the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, the 82nd Airborne of the US Army Division and 18th Airborne Corps commander Major General Chris Donahue boarded a C-17.

He was the last American service member to leave Afghanistan.

　　Between 2005 and 2021, the United States provided Afghanistan with a total of $18.6 billion in military equipment, of which about $7 billion was abandoned, the report said.

This includes aircraft, air-to-surface missiles, military vehicles, communications devices, and more.

The Defense Department said in the report that the U.S. military had no intention of returning to Afghanistan to "retrieve or destroy" the equipment.

(CCTV reporter Zhang Yingzhe)