US Denies Leaving Any Military Equipment Behind in Afghanistan
John Kirby, the US National Security Council spokesperson, said that the United States has not left any military equipment behind in Afghanistan.
John Kirby, the US National Security Council spokesperson, said that the United States has not left any military equipment behind in Afghanistan.
Kirby added that the US handed over military equipment to the Afghan security forces and those forces abandoned the equipment.
Earlier, Anwar ul Haq Kakar, the interim Prime Minister of Pakistan, said that the weapons left by US in Afghanistan are used against Pakistan, China, Iran and other countries in the region.
In a press conference on Tuesday, responding to a Pakistani journalist, Kirby said that the United States had left extremely limited technical equipment and unusable aircraft, including firefighting equipment, in Kabul.
Last year, the Pentagon in a report to the US Congress had said that after the US ended its presence in Afghanistan, military equipment worth approximately USD 7 billion was left in Afghanistan.
The remaining equipment includes air munitions, military vehicles, weapons and communication devices.
Kirby also added that the United States had provided military equipment to the Afghan National Security Forces to increase their capacity so that they could take responsibility for Afghanistan's security.
Kirby further emphasised that it was the Afghan forces who abandoned the military equipment.
