Taliban fighters, wielding American-supplied weapons, equipment and uniforms, according to Getty News, storm in to secure the Hamid Karzai International Airport and inspect the equipment that was left behind after the U.S. military completed their withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 31, 2021. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty News)
The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan concluded in August 2021 under the Biden administration.
A Pentagon watchdog found the following year that, "Afghan forces had 316,260 weapons, worth $511.8 million, as well as ammunition and other equipment in their stocks when the former government fell, though the operational condition of these items was unknown."
"The DoD reported that the U.S. military removed or destroyed nearly all major equipment used by U.S. troops in Afghanistan throughout the drawdown period in 2021," the Pentagon watchdog said at the time.
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Taliban fighters take control and secure Hamid Karzai International Airport, along with all the equipment and weapons left behind after the full U.S. military withdrawal from the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. ( Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)
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"Despite Afghanistan falling to the Taliban in 2021, the United States continued to be the nation’s largest donor, having disbursed more than $3.83 billion in humanitarian and development assistance there since," it also revealed. "In the March 2025 quarter alone, disbursements totaled $120 million."
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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