
Trump pushes to recover 'billions of dollars' of military equipment left behind in Afghanistan withdrawal
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President Donald Trump said he is interested in recovering military equipment U.S. troops left in Afghanistan.
The Taliban seized most of the more than $7 billion worth of equipment U.S. troops left in Afghanistan at the time of the withdrawal in August 2021, according to a Department of Defense report released in 2022. Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
Although U.S. troops removed or destroyed much of the major equipment that forces used during the drawdown, military equipment including aircraft, ground vehicles and other weapons were left in Afghanistan. The condition of these items remains unknown, but the Pentagon said in the report it would likely fail operationally without maintenance from U.S. contractors.