{"id":662162,"date":"2021-08-19T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662162"},"modified":"2021-08-19T13:36:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:36:31","slug":"taliban-captures-billions-in-us-military-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-captures-billions-in-us-military-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Captures Billions in US Military Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-captures-billions-in-us-military-equipment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234727169-1_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Taliban has seized billions of dollars&#8217; worth of U.S. military equipment amid the United States&#8217; chaotic troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorist group captured scores of U.S.-made weapons, including M4 carbines and M16 rifles, that the U.S. military provided to Afghan security forces, the <em>Hill<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/568493-billions-in-us-weaponry-seized-by-taliban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Thursday. After taking over the capital city of Kabul on Sunday, the Taliban also seized American military vehicles, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/taliban-captures-million-dollar-us-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> Black Hawk helicopters, attack aircraft, Humvees, and reconnaissance drones.<\/p>\n<p>National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday it is unclear how many U.S. weapons the Taliban has obtained during its takeover of the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;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,&#8221; Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 Republican senators on Wednesday demanded the Defense Department provide a &#8220;full account&#8221; of the weapons lost to the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is unconscionable that high-tech military equipment paid for by U.S. taxpayers has fallen into the hands of the Taliban and their terrorist allies,&#8221; the lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/9939850a-4ef6-44f3-9895-9ff63ea466e8\/1BD4E3A619D314417E454545C95B5C4B.08.18.21---rubio-et-al-letter-to-austin-re-afghanistan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. &#8220;Securing U.S. assets should have been among the top priorities for the U.S. Department of Defense prior to announcing the withdrawal from Afghanistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from the country by a Sept. 11 deadline, saying the chaotic evacuation efforts, which have left thousands of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/08\/16\/biden-must-rescue-thousands-us-citizens-trapped-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stranded<\/a> in the war-torn country, were inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The idea that somehow there&#8217;s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don&#8217;t know how that happens,&#8221; Biden told ABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban has seized billions of dollars&#8217; worth of U.S. military equipment amid the United States&#8217; chaotic troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. 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