Latest Report Shows US Military Vehicles Falling Into Taliban Hands At A Shocking Alarming Rate

Sputnik: US Military Vehicles Falling Into Taliban Hands at Alarming Rate, Report Finds

The United States and its allies began their withdrawal from Afghanistan in May after over 19 years of war against the Taliban. Washington has promised to complete the pullout by the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks – which served as the formal pretext for the invasion of Afghanistan and the start of a global "war on terror."

The US-equipped Afghan

National Army is reportedly surrendering its military equipment and weapons to the Taliban at an alarming rate, with entire battalions of soldiers disbanding without a fight in anticipation of an imminent collapse of the government amid the ongoing US and NATO withdrawal from the country.

A thorough open-source intelligence investigation of Afghan security forces equipment by Oryx, a conflict-focused news outlet trusted by major US media including Forbes, estimates that the Taliban has gotten its hands on as many as 715 Humvees and other light trucks, plus dozens of armoured vehicles and heavy artillery systems, in recent weeks.

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WNU Editor: The report that documents the equipment that has been lost (between June 1, 2021 to June 23, 2021) is here .... Disaster At Hand: Documenting Afghan Military Equipment Losses Since June 2021 (ORYX).