US Admits Leaving Weaponry in the Hands of Taliban
During its 20 years presence in Afghanistan, the U.S. spent $80 million equipping the Afghan National Army and paid the salary of the Afghan personnel. | Photo: Twitter/ @drnoahross
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"We don’t have a complete picture obviously of where every article of defense materials has gone, but certainly a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban," the official said during a press conference at the White House.
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan admitted on Tuesday that a considerable part of the weaponry was left in Afghanistan, in hands of the Taliban.
"We don’t have a complete picture obviously of where every article of defense materials has gone, but certainly a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban," the official said during a press conference at the White House.
President Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan just admitted that U.S. weaponry in Afghanistan is now in the hands of the Taliban.
"We don't have a sense that they are going to readily hand it over to us at the airport. pic.twitter.com/LdZ4dF2iVR
During its 20 years presence in Afghanistan, the U.S. spent $80 million equipping the Afghan National Army and paid the salary of the Afghan personnel.
Moreover, Major General Hank Taylor, an operations chief at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was left without an answer when asked if the U.S. has taken action to prevent the weapons to end up in the hands of the Taliban. "I don´t have an answer to that question, the official said.
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