20-Year U.S. War Ending as It Began, With Taliban Ruling …
Despite two decades of war with American-led forces, the Taliban have survived and thrived, without giving up their vision of creating a state governed by a stringent Islamic code.
Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley says cooperation with the Taliban to defeat ISIS-K ‘is possible’ and says work continues to get every American out of Afghanistan
Gen Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, on Wednesday said it was ‘possible’ that the Pentagon would work with the Taliban to hunt down and destroy the ISIS-K terrorist group.
America’s Newest Ally Is Heavily Armed: Taliban has billions in US weapons, including Black Hawks and up to 600K rifles
The war chest also included the supply of at least 600,000 infantry weapons — including M16 assault rifles — as well as 162,000 pieces of communication equipment and 16,000 night-vision goggles.
In just two years from 2017 to 2019, the US gave 7,035 machine guns, 4,702 Humvees, 20,040 hand grenades, 2,520 bombs and 1,394 grenade launchers, The Hill noted, citing a report last year from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
“Everything that hasn’t been destroyed is the Taliban’s now,” one US official told Reuters, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
