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Biden’s Gift to Taliban Included 110 Helicopters, 20 Light Attack Airplanes, 42,000 Light Attack Vehicles, 25,000 Grenade Launchers

If you thought the Joe Biden Afghanistan disaster was bad now – things are going to get much worse.
Joe Biden supplied the Taliban terrorist organization and their Islamist accomplices with billions of dollars worth of US armaments.


Rather than destroying the equipment before leaving the country, Joe Biden decided to leave the nearly $85 billion worth of US military equipment to the Taliban.

Here is a breakdown of estimated vehicle costs:

Armored personnel carriers such as the M113A2 cost $170,000 each and recent purchases of the M577A2 post carrier cost $333,333 each.
Mine resistant vehicles ranges from $412,000 to $767,000. The total cost could range between $382 million to $711 million.
Recovery vehicles such as the ‘truck, wrecker’ cost between for the base model $168,960 and $880,674 for super strength versions.
Medium range tactical vehicles include 5-ton cargo and general transport trucks were priced at $67,139. However, the family of MTV heavy vehicleshad prices ranging from $235,500 to $724,820 each. Cargo trucks to transport airplanes cost $800,865.
Humvees – ambulance type (range from $37,943 to $142,918 with most at $96,466); cargo type, priced at $104,682. Utility Humvees were typically priced at $91,429. However, the 12,000 lb. troop transport version cost up to $329,000.
Light tactical vehicles: Fast attack combat vehicles ($69,400); and passenger motor vehicles ($65,500). All terrain 4-wheel vehicles go up to $42,273 in the military databases.
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Leaving all that military hardware behind, is no one in our government is seeking answers as to why?

When either under Trump or Biden the withdrawal issue came up, are we to believe that short of a catastrophic military defeat, rout and retreat, where such assets could not be saved no governmental agency had/has responsibility for the accounting for and retrieval of these military assets?
Was it the responsibility of the DOD?
Was it the responsibility of the various military branches?
Was it the responsibility of the OMB?
Was it the responsibility of the GAO?
I had some background with military supply/ logistics and there was always accountability for government assets that became a part of that supply system.
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@soar2newhighs Much more your field than mine, but isn't this equipment we gave to the Afghans?
@MistyCee As far as I know and I could be wrong, this was military equipment to be used by US forces.
And if your contention is correct, someone in the administration needs to clarify that and get it out of the issue of our drawdown/ departure from Afghanistan .
@soar2newhighs OP never seems to give links, but this makes it look like it's everything we've given the Afghans since 2001.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/23/staggering-costs--us-military-equipment-left-behind-in-afghanistan/
@MistyCee Literally, it’s out of our hands and again, the US taxpayer foot the Bill.