First on CNN: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says

[beijingwalker]

First on CNN: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says​

Updated 5:08 PM ET, Wed April 27, 2022

Taliban fighters wielding American-supplied weapons, equipment and uniforms inspect equipment that was left behind at Kabul International Airport after the US military completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan in August.

Washington (CNN)Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August, according to a congressionally mandated report from the US Department of Defense viewed by CNN.

This equipment is now in a country that is controlled by the very enemy the US was trying to drive out over the past two decades: the Taliban. The Defense Department has no plans to return to Afghanistan to "retrieve or destroy" the equipment, reads the report, which has been provided to Congress.

The US gave a total of $18.6 billion of equipment to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) from 2005 to August 2021, according to the report. Of that total, equipment worth $7.12 billion remained in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal was completed on August 30, 2021. It included aircraft, air-to-ground munitions, military vehicles, weapons, communications equipment and other materials, according to the DoD report.

The huge value of the hardware left behind will serve to refocus attention on the chaotic and hasty Afghanistan withdrawal that has been heavily criticized by lawmakers from both parties.

"Much of the remaining equipment" left in Afghanistan requires "specialized maintenance that DoD contractors previously provided" to Afghan forces "in the form of technical knowledge and support," the report states.

The Department of Defense was required to submit a report to Congress "regarding the disposition of United States property, equipment and supplies provided to" Afghan forces that "were destroyed, taken out of" or "remain in Afghanistan," states the report, which is dated March 2022.

From Afghanistan to Ukraine​

The report also says that five Mi-17 helicopters that had been in Afghanistan were officially transferred to Ukraine in 2022, though they were already in Ukraine for maintenance before the US left Afghanistan. The Department of Defense notified Congress of its intent to transfer the helicopters in January 2022, before Russia's invasion of the country had begun, and Ukraine signed a letter of acceptance on March 11, 2022.

"These five helicopters were in Ukraine undergoing overhaul maintenance when the Afghan government collapsed, and have remained there since," the report states.

Of other materials the US had previously procured for Afghanistan but not sent to the country, the US has given some "non-standard munitions" to Ukraine, including about 37,000 122mm howitzer rounds, the report states.

The US has also transferred over 15 million rounds of Ball rifle ammunition, over 99,000 40mm high-explosive/fragmentation grenade cartridges, and about 119,000 82mm high-explosive mortar rounds to Ukraine from material that was previously procured for Afghanistan, the report states.

These munitions have been transferred to Ukraine under presidential drawdown authority, the report states.

US military equipment and weapons left behind​

Aircraft worth $923.3 million remained in Afghanistan. The US left 78 aircraft procured for the government of Afghanistan at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul before the end of the withdrawal. These aircraft were demilitarized and rendered inoperable before the US military left, the report states. The US military conducted its non-combatant evacuation from Afghanistan in August, primarily through that airport.

A total of 9,524 air-to-ground munitions, valued at $6.54 million, remained in Afghanistan at the conclusion of the US military withdrawal. The "significant majority" of the "remaining aircraft munitions stock are non-precision munitions," the report states.

Over 40,000 of the total 96,000 military vehicles the US gave to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan at the time of the US withdrawal, including 12,000 military Humvees, the report states. "The operational condition of the remaining vehicles" in Afghanistan is "unknown," the report states.

More than 300,000 of the total 427,300 weapons the US gave to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan at the time of the US military withdrawal, according to the report. Less than 1,537,000 of the "specialty munitions" and "common small arms ammunition," valued at a total of $48 million, are still in the country, the report states.

"Nearly all" of the communications equipment that the US gave to Afghan forces, including base-station, mobile, man-portable and hand-held commercial and military radio systems, and associated transmitters and encryption devices also remained in Afghanistan at the time of the withdrawal, the report states.

"Nearly all" night vision, surveillance, "biometric and positioning equipment" totaling nearly 42,000 pieces of specialized equipment remained in the country, the report adds.

And "nearly all," of the explosive ordinance disposal and demining equipment, including 17,500 "pieces of explosive detection, electronic countermeasure, disposal and personal protective equipment" also remained in Afghanistan, according to the report.

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[One_Nation]

Last time they intervened in A'stan they left $1 billion worth of weapons to same people. They have a history of this which is no co-incidence.
They did it on purpose to spread chaos in region.
Notice they took away all the weapons that could threaten them e.g Apache and tanks. They sold cobra helicopters to Pakistan and not ANA but left Blackhawks for ANA as they knew they will be taken by Taliban eventually.

 

[beijingwalker]

Just think how many human lives will be lost to those deserted weapons, it's a very irresponsible act.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Just think how many human lives will be lost to those deserted weapons, it's a very irresponsible act.

True, any government that is not a US puppet is by default irresponsible, rogue, barbaric, and a threat to the world and doesn't deserve to have weapons.

 

[lightning F57]

A nice way for the Pentagon to brush a large sum under the carpet, say they left the equivalent in equipment in Afghanistan.

 

[WinterFangs]

just hope no v-22 ospreys were left, honestly the sexiest military air vehicle ever. Hoped Pakistan would’ve got them one day, although it would’ve been near impossible

 

[razgriz19]

It doesn't matter. Most of that equipment will become obsolete without proper support. I'm sure Afghans will find a way to use some of the munitions but it would have to be improvised devices, which unless another country invades them, won't hurt anyone else.

 

[One_Nation]

It doesn't matter. Most of that equipment will become obsolete without proper support. I'm sure Afghans will find a way to use some of the munitions but it would have to be improvised devices, which unless another country invades them, won't hurt anyone else.

Pakistani jernails have put their soldiers on the border unprotected so those improvised devices can be useful for Afghans.

 

[Wolfhunter]

just hope no v-22 ospreys were left, honestly the sexiest military air vehicle ever. Hoped Pakistan would’ve got them one day, although it would’ve been near impossible

Wishful thinking there my old son.

 

[Oracle]

they should have transferred all Humvees and heavy trucks topakistan port , so it could be transferred.

leaving in afghanistan means handing over to taliban

 

[Wolfhunter]

they should have transferred all Humvees and heavy trucks topakistan port , so it could be transferred.

leaving in afghanistan means handing over to taliban

America has already budgeted abandoning the equipment as "natural wastage". The last SIGAR report mentioned it as such. Really big blunder for the US really. ANA proved to be useless!

 

[Sinnerman108]

First on CNN: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says​

Updated 5:08 PM ET, Wed April 27, 2022

Taliban fighters wielding American-supplied weapons, equipment and uniforms inspect equipment that was left behind at Kabul International Airport after the US military completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan in August.

Washington (CNN)Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August, according to a congressionally mandated report from the US Department of Defense viewed by CNN.

This equipment is now in a country that is controlled by the very enemy the US was trying to drive out over the past two decades: the Taliban. The Defense Department has no plans to return to Afghanistan to "retrieve or destroy" the equipment, reads the report, which has been provided to Congress.

The US gave a total of $18.6 billion of equipment to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) from 2005 to August 2021, according to the report. Of that total, equipment worth $7.12 billion remained in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal was completed on August 30, 2021. It included aircraft, air-to-ground munitions, military vehicles, weapons, communications equipment and other materials, according to the DoD report.

The huge value of the hardware left behind will serve to refocus attention on the chaotic and hasty Afghanistan withdrawal that has been heavily criticized by lawmakers from both parties.

"Much of the remaining equipment" left in Afghanistan requires "specialized maintenance that DoD contractors previously provided" to Afghan forces "in the form of technical knowledge and support," the report states.

The Department of Defense was required to submit a report to Congress "regarding the disposition of United States property, equipment and supplies provided to" Afghan forces that "were destroyed, taken out of" or "remain in Afghanistan," states the report, which is dated March 2022.

From Afghanistan to Ukraine​

The report also says that five Mi-17 helicopters that had been in Afghanistan were officially transferred to Ukraine in 2022, though they were already in Ukraine for maintenance before the US left Afghanistan. The Department of Defense notified Congress of its intent to transfer the helicopters in January 2022, before Russia's invasion of the country had begun, and Ukraine signed a letter of acceptance on March 11, 2022.

"These five helicopters were in Ukraine undergoing overhaul maintenance when the Afghan government collapsed, and have remained there since," the report states.

Of other materials the US had previously procured for Afghanistan but not sent to the country, the US has given some "non-standard munitions" to Ukraine, including about 37,000 122mm howitzer rounds, the report states.

The US has also transferred over 15 million rounds of Ball rifle ammunition, over 99,000 40mm high-explosive/fragmentation grenade cartridges, and about 119,000 82mm high-explosive mortar rounds to Ukraine from material that was previously procured for Afghanistan, the report states.

These munitions have been transferred to Ukraine under presidential drawdown authority, the report states.

US military equipment and weapons left behind​

Aircraft worth $923.3 million remained in Afghanistan. The US left 78 aircraft procured for the government of Afghanistan at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul before the end of the withdrawal. These aircraft were demilitarized and rendered inoperable before the US military left, the report states. The US military conducted its non-combatant evacuation from Afghanistan in August, primarily through that airport.

A total of 9,524 air-to-ground munitions, valued at $6.54 million, remained in Afghanistan at the conclusion of the US military withdrawal. The "significant majority" of the "remaining aircraft munitions stock are non-precision munitions," the report states.

Over 40,000 of the total 96,000 military vehicles the US gave to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan at the time of the US withdrawal, including 12,000 military Humvees, the report states. "The operational condition of the remaining vehicles" in Afghanistan is "unknown," the report states.

More than 300,000 of the total 427,300 weapons the US gave to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan at the time of the US military withdrawal, according to the report. Less than 1,537,000 of the "specialty munitions" and "common small arms ammunition," valued at a total of $48 million, are still in the country, the report states.

"Nearly all" of the communications equipment that the US gave to Afghan forces, including base-station, mobile, man-portable and hand-held commercial and military radio systems, and associated transmitters and encryption devices also remained in Afghanistan at the time of the withdrawal, the report states.

"Nearly all" night vision, surveillance, "biometric and positioning equipment" totaling nearly 42,000 pieces of specialized equipment remained in the country, the report adds.

And "nearly all," of the explosive ordinance disposal and demining equipment, including 17,500 "pieces of explosive detection, electronic countermeasure, disposal and personal protective equipment" also remained in Afghanistan, according to the report.

First on CNN: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says | CNN Politics

Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August, according to a congressionally mandated report from the US Department of Defense...

www.cnn.com

That 7 billion figure is most probably based on what it costed the US army to procure the equipment, and NOT the book value of that equipment.

These two numbers are way different.
and as @razgriz19 pointed out, most of the equipment is junk by now.
at most it's just ammo that maybe salvaged.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

That 7 billion figure is most probably based on what it costed the US army to procure the equipment, and NOT the book value of that equipment.

These two numbers are way different.
and as @razgriz19 pointed out, most of the equipment is junk by now.
at most it's just ammo that maybe salvaged.

It's likely they don't feel bringing back a Humvee with with say 500,000 miles on it is worth the transportation cost considering the money would be better spent on buying new ones.

 

[PradoTLC]

First on CNN: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says​

Updated 5:08 PM ET, Wed April 27, 2022

Taliban fighters wielding American-supplied weapons, equipment and uniforms inspect equipment that was left behind at Kabul International Airport after the US military completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan in August.

Washington (CNN)Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August, according to a congressionally mandated report from the US Department of Defense viewed by CNN.

This equipment is now in a country that is controlled by the very enemy the US was trying to drive out over the past two decades: the Taliban. The Defense Department has no plans to return to Afghanistan to "retrieve or destroy" the equipment, reads the report, which has been provided to Congress.

The US gave a total of $18.6 billion of equipment to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) from 2005 to August 2021, according to the report. Of that total, equipment worth $7.12 billion remained in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal was completed on August 30, 2021. It included aircraft, air-to-ground munitions, military vehicles, weapons, communications equipment and other materials, according to the DoD report.

The huge value of the hardware left behind will serve to refocus attention on the chaotic and hasty Afghanistan withdrawal that has been heavily criticized by lawmakers from both parties.

"Much of the remaining equipment" left in Afghanistan requires "specialized maintenance that DoD contractors previously provided" to Afghan forces "in the form of technical knowledge and support," the report states.

The Department of Defense was required to submit a report to Congress "regarding the disposition of United States property, equipment and supplies provided to" Afghan forces that "were destroyed, taken out of" or "remain in Afghanistan," states the report, which is dated March 2022.

From Afghanistan to Ukraine​

The report also says that five Mi-17 helicopters that had been in Afghanistan were officially transferred to Ukraine in 2022, though they were already in Ukraine for maintenance before the US left Afghanistan. The Department of Defense notified Congress of its intent to transfer the helicopters in January 2022, before Russia's invasion of the country had begun, and Ukraine signed a letter of acceptance on March 11, 2022.

"These five helicopters were in Ukraine undergoing overhaul maintenance when the Afghan government collapsed, and have remained there since," the report states.

Of other materials the US had previously procured for Afghanistan but not sent to the country, the US has given some "non-standard munitions" to Ukraine, including about 37,000 122mm howitzer rounds, the report states.

The US has also transferred over 15 million rounds of Ball rifle ammunition, over 99,000 40mm high-explosive/fragmentation grenade cartridges, and about 119,000 82mm high-explosive mortar rounds to Ukraine from material that was previously procured for Afghanistan, the report states.

These munitions have been transferred to Ukraine under presidential drawdown authority, the report states.

US military equipment and weapons left behind​

Aircraft worth $923.3 million remained in Afghanistan. The US left 78 aircraft procured for the government of Afghanistan at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul before the end of the withdrawal. These aircraft were demilitarized and rendered inoperable before the US military left, the report states. The US military conducted its non-combatant evacuation from Afghanistan in August, primarily through that airport.

A total of 9,524 air-to-ground munitions, valued at $6.54 million, remained in Afghanistan at the conclusion of the US military withdrawal. The "significant majority" of the "remaining aircraft munitions stock are non-precision munitions," the report states.

Over 40,000 of the total 96,000 military vehicles the US gave to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan at the time of the US withdrawal, including 12,000 military Humvees, the report states. "The operational condition of the remaining vehicles" in Afghanistan is "unknown," the report states.

More than 300,000 of the total 427,300 weapons the US gave to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan at the time of the US military withdrawal, according to the report. Less than 1,537,000 of the "specialty munitions" and "common small arms ammunition," valued at a total of $48 million, are still in the country, the report states.

"Nearly all" of the communications equipment that the US gave to Afghan forces, including base-station, mobile, man-portable and hand-held commercial and military radio systems, and associated transmitters and encryption devices also remained in Afghanistan at the time of the withdrawal, the report states.

"Nearly all" night vision, surveillance, "biometric and positioning equipment" totaling nearly 42,000 pieces of specialized equipment remained in the country, the report adds.

And "nearly all," of the explosive ordinance disposal and demining equipment, including 17,500 "pieces of explosive detection, electronic countermeasure, disposal and personal protective equipment" also remained in Afghanistan, according to the report.

First on CNN: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says | CNN Politics

Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August, according to a congressionally mandated report from the US Department of Defense...

www.cnn.com

but "safe" havens in Pakistan were the reason why Taliban screwed NATO

 

[Hack-Hook]

It's likely they don't feel bringing back a Humvee with with say 500,000 miles on it is worth the transportation cost considering the money would be better spent on buying new ones.

I wonder why they didn't transfer helicopters to their other bases in middle east and central Asia
it was not a spontaneous decision from months before they knew they are evacuating Afghanistan