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ANALYSIS: With some security forces choosing to surrender their weapons rather than fight, the Taliban grabbed not only political power but also US-supplied firepower.
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Of the approximately $145 billion the U.S. government spent trying to rebuild Afghanistan, about $83 billion went to developing and sustaining its army and police forces, according to the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turned out to be the Taliban. They grabbed not only political power but also U.S.-supplied firepower — guns, ammunition, helicopters…
Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely that the ultimate beneficiary of the American...
Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely that the ultimate beneficiary of the American...