The Pentagon has no idea how many weapons have fallen into the hands of the Taliban

This is insane! The Hill reports, "Billions of dollars of U.S. weapons are now in the hands of the Taliban following the quick collapse of Afghan security forces that were trained to use the military equipment.

Among the items seized by the Taliban are Black Hawk helicopters and A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft.

Photos have also circulated of Taliban fighters clutching U.S.-made M4 carbines and M16 rifles instead of their iconic AK-47s. And the militants have been spotted with U.S. Humvees and mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles."

Securing U.S. assets should have been among the top priorities for DoD prior to announcing the withdrawal from Afghanistan, yet this didn't happen.

Now the Pentagon has no idea how many weapons have fallen into the hands of the Taliban. Horrifying.https://t.co/LgdqTEWTgD — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (@RepKatCammack) August 19, 2021

It gets worse: "Between 2003 and 2016, the United States transferred 75,898 vehicles, 599,690 weapons, 162,643 pieces of communications equipment, 208 aircraft, and 16,191 pieces of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment to Afghan forces, according to a 2017 Government Accountability Office report.

From 2017 to 2019, the United States also gave Afghan forces 7,035 machine guns, 4,702 Humvees, 20,040 hand grenades, 2,520 bombs and 1,394 grenade launchers, among other equipment, according to a report last year from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)."

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