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U.S. trashes unwanted gear in Afghanistan to be sold as scrap
Residents say they can still make money, but could ve profited more if some equipment was left in tact.
By KATHY GANNONAssociated Press
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Afghan men hold scraps of tenting at a scrapyard outside Bagram Air Base, northwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Rahmat Gul/Associated Press
BAGRAM, Afghanistan The twisted remains of several all-terrain vehicles leaned precariously inside Baba Mir’s sprawling scrap yard, alongside smashed shards that were once generators, tank tracks that have been dismantled into chunks of metal, and mountains of tents reduced to sliced up fabric.
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The twisted remains of several all-terrain vehicles leaned precariously inside Baba Mir’s sprawling scrap yard, alongside smashed shards that were once generators, tank tracks that have been dismantled into chunks of metal, and mountains of tents reduced to sliced up fabric.
It’s all U.S. military equipment. The Americans are dismantling their portion of nearby Bagram Air Base, their largest remaining outpost in Afghanistan, and anything that is not being taken home or given to the Afghan military is being destroyed as completely as possible, even small outposts are being dismantled or reduced to rubble.
They do so as a security measure, to ensure equipment doesn’t fall into the hands of militants. But Mir and the dozens of other scrap sellers around Bagram see it as an infuriating waste.
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US Sells Unwanted Kit For Scrap In Afghanistan
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1. Pan of scrapyard, where unwanted U.S. gear is sold as scrap
2. Twisted remains of vehicle scrapped by U.S. forces in Bagram airfield
3. Pieces of scrapped vehicle
4. Remains of armored vehicle glass with badge reading BAF-2025 (BAF stands for Bagram Airfield)
5. Various of workers in Baba Mir s scrapyard
6. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Baba Mir, scrapyard owner: Obviously, they (Americans) don t trust Afghans and they don t want us to use this stuff and make progress. What they are doing is betrayal of Afghans.