This is why the right to bare arms is important.
If the Afghans had guns, the Taliban wouldn't be able to get away with this. Anyone with an assault rifle would've been snipped where they stand by the locals.
I been wondering about this. Were the weapons left there for the Afghan Army but they just gave up? This is a very strange situation.
From what I gathered they gave up, and real quick.
Afghan air force was compromised, I'm seeing here
43, MD-530 Helicopters
33, C-208 planes
33, UH-60 Black Hawks
23, A-29 Light attack planes
32, Mo-17 Helicopters
3, C-130 Hercules ( looks like some kind of heavy plane)
"Between 2003 and 2016, the US unloaded a huge amount of military hardware on the Afghan forces it fought alongside:
- 358,530 rifles of different makes,
- more than 64,000 machine guns,
- 25,327 grenade launchers
- 22,174 Humvees (all-terrain vehicles),
according to the US Government Accountability Report."
"After Nato forces ended their combat role in 2014, the Afghan army was tasked with securing the country. As it struggled to counter the Taliban, the US provided more equipment and replaced ageing military gear.
It supplied nearly
- 20,000 M16 rifles in 2017 alone.
- In subsequent years, it contributed at least 3,598 M4 rifles
- 3,012 Humvees among other equipment to Afghan security forces between 2017 and 2021, according to Sigar.
"The Afghan army also had mobile strike force vehicles, which it used for deployments at short notice. These 4x4 workhorses can be used to carry people or equipment."
This one is reported to be the Taliban showing off their new combat gear. They got other nice toys like night vision goggles.