{"id":3985,"date":"2025-02-05T01:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T01:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/taliban-holding-on-to-7-billion-of-u-s-military-equipment-left-behind-after-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T01:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T01:43:50","slug":"taliban-holding-on-to-7-billion-of-u-s-military-equipment-left-behind-after-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/taliban-holding-on-to-7-billion-of-u-s-military-equipment-left-behind-after-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban holding on to $7 billion of U.S. military equipment left behind after withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>More than three years after the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/blinken-testifies-afghanistan-withdrawal-house-foreign-affairs-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan<\/a><\/span>, the country&#8217;s new leaders insist they have improved people&#8217;s lives, but for years the Taliban has ruled with an iron fist \u2014 aided by abandoned U.S. military hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Taliban put on a parade showing off its massive haul, including assault rifles and Humvees.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2022 Department of Defense report, 78 aircraft, 40,000 military vehicles and more than 300,000 weapons were among some of what was left behind.<\/p>\n<p>On the eve of his inauguration, President Trump accused the Biden administration of handing over U.S. military assets to the Taliban following the 2021 withdrawal \u2014 a withdrawal that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/harris-campaign-trump-taliban-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mr. Trump negotiated<\/a><\/span>. Now, he&#8217;s demanding the Taliban give back the hardware valued at $7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban has refused.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are the assets of the state of Afghanistan. They will continue to be in the possession of the state of Afghanistan,&#8221; Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the Taliban&#8217;s spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People don&#8217;t make deals on the assets of their states,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They make agreements through dialog and engagement to find spaces and areas of common interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 takeover triggered desperate scenes of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-taliban-us-biden-militants-vow-amnesty-afghans-live-in-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Afghans trying to escape<\/a><\/span> as Taliban fighters celebrated their return to power.  <\/p>\n<p>Years later, the city of Kabul is noticeably different.<\/p>\n<p>Gone is the claustrophobia of two decades of war \u2014 with most concrete blast walls and checkpoints being removed \u2014 and market traders told CBS News they feel safer now than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban&#8217;s leaders say they want a reset with Mr. Trump following his reelection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to close the chapter of warfare and open a new chapter,&#8221; Balkhi said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That new chapter may be written in Afghanistan&#8217;s mines, where the country has an estimated $1 trillion in untapped mineral reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump has had his eye on those reserves for years, and recent studies have found the country has the potential to be what a 2010 Pentagon memo described as the &#8220;Saudi Arabia of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-lithium-industry-develops-for-electric-vehicle-battery-needs-60-minutes-2023-05-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">lithium<\/a><\/span>,&#8221; a critical metal used to power cellphone and electric car batteries.<\/p>\n<p>But competition will be fierce, with China and Russia having already made huge investments in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Afghanistan: The New Reality<\/h3>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/afghanistan-the-way-forward\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              More<br \/>\n              <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/afghanistan-the-way-forward\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/imtiaz-tyab\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Imtiaz Tyab<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/imtiaz-tyab\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img alt=\"headshot-600-imtiaz-tyab.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/4b38cb6c-4435-4a10-9b81-a901c74ccd12\/thumbnail\/80x80\/f98474ff3b32eece9febb799e7e769c1\/headshot-600-imtiaz-tyab.jpg?v=aaeeb2bb1dd1cd7107e4d78154d17e02 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/4b38cb6c-4435-4a10-9b81-a901c74ccd12\/thumbnail\/160x160\/d3e896d16d356fad993379218e6c4b75\/headshot-600-imtiaz-tyab.jpg?v=aaeeb2bb1dd1cd7107e4d78154d17e02 2x\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Imtiaz Tyab is a CBS News correspondent based in London and reports for all platforms, including the &#8220;CBS Evening News,&#8221; &#8220;CBS Mornings,&#8221; &#8220;CBS Sunday Morning&#8221; and CBS News 24\/7. 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