Here is a more complete list of US-supplied and left behind/’issued’ since 2001 to the Afghan military

This equipment is now controlled by Taliban:

-2,000 Armored Vehicles Including Humvees and MRAP’s
-75,989 Total Vehicles: FMTV, M35, Ford Rangers, Ford F350, Ford Vans, Toyota Pickups, Armored Security Vehicles etc
-45 UH-60 Blachhawk Helicopters
-50 MD530G Scout Attack Choppers
-ScanEagle Military Drones
-30 Military Version Cessnas
-4 C-130’s
-29 Brazilian made A-29 Super Tocano Ground Attack Aircraft
=208+ Aircraft Total!!
-At least 600,000+ Small arms M16, M249 SAWs, M24 Sniper Systems, 50 Calibers, 1,394 M203 Grenade Launchers, M134 Mini Gun, 20mm Gatling Guns and Ammunition
-61,000 M203 Rounds
-20,040 Grenades
-Howitzers
-Mortars +1,000’s of Rounds
-162,000 pieces of Encrypted Military Comunications Gear
-16,000+ Night Vision Goggles
-Newest Technology Night Vision Scopes
-Thermal Scopes and Thermal Mono Googles
-10,000 2.75 inch Air to Ground Rockets
-Recconaissance Equipment (ISR)
-Laser Aiming Units
-Explosives Ordnance C-4, Semtex, Detonators, Shaped Charges, Thermite, Incendiaries, AP/API/APIT
-2,520 Bombs
-Administration Encrypted Cell Phones and Laptops ALL operational
-Pallets with Millions of Dollars in US Currency
-Millions of Rounds of Ammunition including but not limited to 20,150,600 rounds of 7.62mm, 9,000,000 rounds of 50.caliber
-Large Stockpile of Plate Carriers and Body Armor
-US Military HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment Biometrics
-Lots of Heavy Equipment Including Bull Dozers, Backhoes, Dump Trucks, Excavators

Staggering Costs – U.S. Military Equipment Left Behind In Afghanistan

Not helping transparency, the Biden Administration is now hiding key audits on Afghan military equipment.

h/t Mauser98

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Canadian federal minister who called Taliban ‘our brothers’ says it was ‘a cultural reference’

Monsef used her time in the press conference to speak directly to the Taliban and pleaded with them to end the violence, saying: “I want to take this opportunity to speak with our brothers, the Taliban. We call on you to ensure the safe and secure passage of any individual in Afghanistan out of the country.”

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Stephen Miller: ‘Vast Majority’ of Incoming 100,000 Afghans ‘Rendered No Meaningful Assistance’ To U.S. Forces

As disaster after disaster continues to unfold regarding the Biden administration’s horribly mismanaged withdrawal from Afghanistan, one aspect they’ve managed to run relatively seamlessly of late has been flight after flight out of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport filled with Afghan refugees wanting to get the heck out of Dodge.

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And the grift goes on… Don’t surrender to the ‘darkness’ and give up, former Afghan vice-president urges Canada

The self-proclaimed president of Afghanistan and one of two men leading the anti-Taliban resistance has made a direct appeal to Canadians — and by extension the West — not to give up on his country or its people.

Amrullah Saleh, a Tajik leader and vice-president in the democratically-elected government of President Ashraf Ghani, delivered a recorded speech to an Ottawa-based think-tank, the MacDonald-Laurier Institute.

The audio remarks and transcript were released early Friday.

He was part of the kleptocracy and boy is he missing the grift.

PS. Some much needed work is keeping me away from the blog. Please thank the gang for keeping the home fires burning. BCF

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Former Afghan official says Taliban is killing children and the elderly, posts graphic photos of reported victims

The man who was recently the interior minister for Afghanistan under now-former President Ashraf Ghani alleged on Twitter this week that the Taliban is currently killing Afghan children and elderly citizens. He also inncluded graphic photos of purported child victims of the terror group.

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