Distant_Observer
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Firearms & Small Arms (300,000+ of 427,300 supplied) and left in Afghanistan on withdrawal
Per the official DoD congressional report:
- ~358,530 assault rifles (M4, M16, AK-47)
- ~126,295 pistols (Beretta M9, Glock 19)
- ~64,363 machine guns (M240, M249)
- Barrett M82 .50-cal sniper rifles, M24 sniper rifles
- Total: more than 300,000 of 427,300 weapons confirmed left in-country
Heavy Weapons & Munitions
- M119 105mm howitzers and additional towed artillery
- AT-4 anti-tank rockets, Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles
- Air-to-ground munitions valued at ~$6.54 million
- ~1,537,000 pieces of small arms ammunition (~$48M value)
So, I would not go all conspiracy theory and so on - the weapons were all there.
- ~500,000 firearms are now unaccounted for — lost, sold, or smuggled to militant groups, per BBC/UN Security Council sources (April 2025)
- The Taliban privately admitted to a UN Sanctions Committee that at least half the stockpile is unaccounted for
- U.S. weapons are confirmed to be surfacing in Pakistan in the hands of TTP and other militant groups
- The remaining Taliban-held equipment (Black Hawks, Humvees, M4s, NVGs) forms the core of their security apparatus as of 2026
And getting 10 drones with engines into Afghanistan isnt exactly rocket science - Entire Cullinans, Bentley's and thousands of other automobiles were/are regularly smuggled across into Pakistan from the land routes so I am sure drones are no problem if flown by India through air routes via Dubai.
taliban paused their attacks through ttp in 2018 to give IK and the fauj a false sense that hostilities are over because NATO are leaving.
Weapons were left to make sure taliban could keep control of the country.
They restarted their proxy war in 2022 and Pakistan went straight to number 1 in the rankings.
Incredible, no wonder 115 generals were court court-martialed or dismissed in 2023.
The establishment were done with trying to trust the talibs. What a bunch of suckers
I was saying back in 2007 to take these f**kers clean out. ISI knows every inch of the tora bora complex and tunnels along the border. They knew all their routes.



