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National Security Council (view source)
Revision as of 09:18, August 27, 2021
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[[File:Taliban flag raising.PNG |right|300px|thumb|Taliban mock U.S. flag raising at [[Iwo Jima]] in their victory over Mark Milley and America.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/taliban-mock-iwo-jima-flag-raising-pose-for-photos-with-their-trove-of-american-vehicles-weapons-equipment/</ref>]]
[[File:Taliban flag raising.PNG |right|300px|thumb|Taliban mock U.S. flag raising at [[Iwo Jima]] in their victory over Mark Milley and America.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/taliban-mock-iwo-jima-flag-raising-pose-for-photos-with-their-trove-of-american-vehicles-weapons-equipment/</ref>]]
The U.S. military left the strategic Bagram Airfield in [[Afghanistan]] in the dead of night in early July 2021, leaving behind “thousands of civilian vehicles, including many that no longer had keys, and hundreds of armored military vehicles, such as Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs…”<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-left-behind-millions-of-things-at-key-base-2021-7</ref> There were reports of the seizure by the Taliban of a “massive boon” of U.S. weapons supplied to and now abandoned by U.S.-trained Afghani soldiers. “The Taliban now find themselves flush with American-supplied tools, without having to raise a single penny.”<ref>https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210814-weapon-seizures-massive-boon-for-taliban-as-cities-fall</ref>
The U.S. military left the strategic Bagram Airfield in [[Afghanistan]] in the dead of night in early July 2021, leaving behind “thousands of civilian vehicles, including many that no longer had keys, and hundreds of armored military vehicles, such as Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs…”<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-left-behind-millions-of-things-at-key-base-2021-7</ref> There were reports of the seizure by the Taliban of a “massive boon” of U.S. weapons supplied to and now abandoned by U.S.-trained Afghani soldiers. “The Taliban now find themselves flush with American-supplied tools, without having to raise a single penny.”<ref>https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210814-weapon-seizures-massive-boon-for-taliban-as-cities-fall</ref>
In July 2021 the [[Pentagon]] said it was providing the Afghan Air Force 35 Black Hawk helicopters and three A-29 Super Tucanos. Less than a month later the Black Hawks helicopters and other aircraft were seized by the Taliban. Many of the aircraft and helicopters are armed. The A-29 Super Tucanos can fire laser-guided and other types of bombs. The Afghan government also had 50 American-made MD-530 attack helicopters, which are armed with machine guns and rockets. The Afghan Air Force had UH-60 Black Hawks and Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters, as well as C-130 and Cessna transports, and a small fleet of armed Cessnas.<ref>https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/08/taliban-captured-helicopters-can-they-capture-air-force/184525/</ref>
On July 8, 2021, Joe Biden said from the White House,
On July 8, 2021, Joe Biden said from the White House,