Transcripts for BBCNEWS Outside Source 20210824 18:41:00 : v

i'm ros atkins. our lead story is that a taliban spokesperson has said that a taliban spokesperson has said that afghan should not go to kabul airport or try to leave the country. and charlie watts, the rolling stones drummer, has died at the age of 80. america invested heavily in equipment for the afghan military. between 2002 and 2017, $28 billion was spent — including weapons, ammunition, vehicles, helicopters and drones. as the taliban defeated the military province after province, it took everything that was left behind. and the militants are making the most of that investment. a war booty worth hundreds of millions has been collected. which has left the americans trying to calculate what's been lost. i don't have an exact inventory of

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