{"id":80227,"date":"2021-08-24T08:48:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T12:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=80227"},"modified":"2021-08-24T08:48:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T12:48:06","slug":"why-did-the-military-industrial-complex-deliberately-leave-billions-of-dollars-of-weapons-and-equipment-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=80227","title":{"rendered":"Why did the Military-Industrial Complex deliberately leave billions of dollars of weapons and equipment in Afghanistan?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staggering Costs \u2013 U.S. Military Equipment Left Behind In Afghanistan<\/h1>\n

Adam Andrzejewski, Senior Contributor
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U.S.-Funded Military Gear Into Afghanistan 2003-2016. Source: GAO<\/p>\n

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The U.S. provided an estimated<\/a> $83 billion worth of training and equipment to Afghan security forces since 2001. This year, alone, the U.S. military aid to Afghan forces<\/a> was $3 billion.<\/p>\n

Putting price tags on American military equipment still in Afghanistan isn\u2019t an easy task. In the fog of war \u2013 or withdrawal \u2013 Afghanistan has always been a black box with little sunshine.<\/p>\n

Not helping transparency, the Biden Administration is now hiding key audits on Afghan military equipment. This week, our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com reposted two key reports on the U.S. war chest of military gear in Afghanistan that had disappeared from federal websites<\/em>.<\/p>\n

#1. Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of U.S. provided military gear in Afghanistan<\/a> (August 2017): reposted report<\/a> (dead link: report<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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