> Sure, the evacuation could have been handled better, and all the equipment removed. > But that's a matter for the armed forces, not the president. IMO the excess equipment > should have been blown up rather than just leaving it there.
If you can't get people out, how you gonna get multi-ton equipment out?
Much of the more sophisticated equipment was sabotaged in some fashion. Here's one report, from Al Jazeera.
Most of the rest of the abandoned gear won't work for long without regular routine maintenance, which the Taliban have no idea how to provide.
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