SIGAR also claimed that the Pentagon did not cooperate fully with the investigation. 'As a result, the ANDSF became overly reliant on borrowed capabilities.
troops were far more effective at fighting, they often led missions or filled critical gaps in missions - providing close air support, airstrikes, medical evacuation, logistics, and intelligence gathering - at the expense of the ANDSF gaining experience fighting on its own,' the report says. airstrikes, and local security forces lacked the 'professional military sophistication and leadership' to replicate them. There was also a significant drop in U.S. for making sure their salaries were paid, but the 2020 agreement 'made it clear that this was no longer the case'.
Members of the Taliban are pictured celebrating a victory in March 2020 was 'simply handing Afghanistan over to a Taliban government-in-waiting', the report continues. The withdrawal was 'abrupt and uncoordinated' and gave war-ravaged locals the impression that the U.S. The 'sense of abandonment' felt by Afghan forces was sparked by Trump's 2020 peace deal with the Taliban to start bringing troops home, SIGAR stated in the report. It meant the local troops were underprepared, while the American military created an illusion of success. forces often handled tasks they were supposed to train Afghan forces to do. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko warned that it is 'likely unavoidable' that some of the weapons may end up on the black market 'given the ongoing conflict and the unprecedented volume of weapons being transferred to Ukraine'.Īmong the damning revelations was also the fact that U.S. This includes at least 78 aircraft worth $923.3 million, 9,524 air-to-ground munitions that cost $6.54 million, more than 40,000 vehicles, more than 30,000 weapons and nearly all electronic equipment. Nearly $7.2 billion of aircraft, guns, vehicles, ammunition and specialized equipment such as night-vision goggles and biometric devices were also abandoned when U.S. And we'll ensure they have the capacity to maintain their air force.'īut the SIGAR report laid bare the holes in his assessment, and painted the picture of Afghan security forces that threw down their weapons and weren't prepared for the Taliban onslaught. And we're going to continue to provide funding and equipment. 'We provided our Afghan partners with all the tools - let me emphasize: all the tools, training, and equipment of any modern military,' he added. 'Together, with our NATO allies and partners, we have trained and equipped nearly 300,000 current serving members of the military, of the Afghan National Security Force, and many beyond that who are no longer serving', he told reporters. Just a month earlier, Biden had insisted that the militant takeover of Afghanistan was 'not inevitable'. The chaos meant thousands, including locals who helped fight the war, were left behind as the U.S. Horrifying videos showed evacuees clinging onto the outside of planes - causing some to fall - so they could escape the regime that was closing on the capital. military before the withdrawal from Afghanistan and a lack of oversight contributed to the rapid collapse of the government as the Taliban overran the country in August 2021, a damning new watchdog report has saidĮighteen months ago, the world watched in horror as Afghans desperately tried to flee on flights from Kabul's Hamid Karzai's International Airport before the final Western troops left. The report also criticized the failure to create 'an independent and self-sustainable' Afghan security force, despite 20 years and $90 billion of support from the U.S., and blamed both President Biden and President Trump for the bedlam. was 'simply handing Afghanistan over to a Taliban government-in-waiting', it continued. It also details the more than $7 billion in weapons and equipment left for the Taliban to use, and the widespread corruption that dominated the Afghan military and government. The scathing analysis by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) found the American decision to pull out 'destroyed the morale' of the Afghan National Security Force (ANDSF), and the 300,000 local troops were destined to fail without U.S.
military before the 'abrupt' Afghanistan withdrawal led to the rapid collapse of the Western-backed government as the Taliban overran the country in August 2021, a damning new watchdog report has said.
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