The Taliban is now better-armed than it ever was, thanks to the US. Here's how that happened...
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01:00The
01:26Taliban now has access to over $85 billion worth of American military equipment.
01:33That includes 75,000 vehicles, over 200 airplanes and helicopters, over 600,000 small arms and
01:43light weapons.
01:45The Taliban now has more Black Hawk helicopters than 85% of the countries in the world.
02:04We have also demilitarized equipment that we did not bring out of the airport.
02:11That included a number of MRAPs, up to 70 MRAPs that we demilitarized and will never
02:17be used again by anyone, 27 Humvees, a little tactical vehicle that will never be driven
02:23again.
02:24Additionally, on the ramp at HKIA, our total of 73 aircraft, those aircraft will never
02:32fly again when we left.
02:34They'll never be able to be operated by anyone.