military sales to the afghan national army and the afghan security forces. unfortunately on many of the bases throughout afghanistan, those weapons were locked up for the use by the afghan military. so did we leave them for the taliban? no, we did not. we either sold or gave them to our afghan partners throughout the last couple years. i m very concerned not so much about the aircraft because the taliban won t be flying those aircraft that you saw in that propaganda video they ve already posted. as general mckenzie said, they have decommissioned them. i am worried more about the 300,000 plus m-4s, m-16s, the couple of tens of thousands of machine guns, night vision goggles. we have just upped the capability of the taliban with some of the most technically advanced weapons in the world. there s also trucks, humvees, those kinds of things that aren t as susceptible to giving them an advancement on the battlefield. but it certainly would give them
don, i would only state that might be the wrong term to use. the military didn t leave weapons behind. there were sales to the afghan security forces, and unfortunately through many of the bases throughout afghanistan, those weapons were locked up for use by the afghan military. did we leave them for the taliban? no, we did not, we sold or gave them to our afghan partners over the years. i m concerned not so much about the aircraft, because the taliban won t be flying those aircraft that you saw in that propaganda video they ve already posted, as general mackenzie said, they have decommissioned them. i am worried more about the 300,000 plus m-4s, m-16s, the tens of thousands of machine guns, night vision goggles. we have just upped the capability of the taliban with some of the most technically advanced weapons in the world. there s also trucks, hum-vees, those kind of things that aren t