Afghanistan’s Taliban* has flatly refused US President Donald Trump’s demand to return billions of {dollars}’ price of weapons that the US navy deserted within the nation throughout their panicked flight in 2021.
The weapons in query embody:
M16A2/A4 assault rifles and M4 carbines
M249 mild machine weapons and M240 machine weapons
Pistols comparable to Beretta M9 and Glock 17
M203 under-barrel grenade launchers and M79 grenade launchers
Afghanistan Expects US to Unlock Its Belongings Below Trump – Taliban Head
7 November 2024, 11:38 GMT
Subtle gear like communication gear and AN/PVS-7 and AN/PVS-14 evening imaginative and prescient units.
M1151 and M-1152 HMMWV (Humvee) automobiles
M1117 armored safety automobiles
MaxxPro Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) automobiles
And even UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters
A Pentagon report from 2022 estimated the worth of weapons and navy {hardware} left in Afghanistan to be about $7 billion.
*underneath UN sanctions for terrorist actions
