Some of the military’s operational equipment, such as ammunition, weapons, vehicles and helicopters, is being gifted to Afghanistan’s National Defense and Security Forces, along with some of the U.S.’s former bases, The AP reported.
The rest is being scrapped.
Several all-terrain vehicles from Bagram Air Base — the U.S. military’s largest remaining outpost in Afghanistan — have been turned to scrap and can now be found in Baba Mir’s scrapyard, along with dismantled generators, destroyed tank tracks, and piles of fabric that were once U.S. military tents, The AP reported.
In April, Mir bought a container filled with 70 tons of destroyed military equipment for $40,000, according to The AP. While scrappers like him are poised to make money off of these kinds of transactions as a result of the withdrawal, some, like Mir, aren’t pleased with the U.S. military’s decision to destroy the equipment. “What they are doing is a betrayal of Afghans,” Mir said in reference to destroying the equipment, according to The AP. “They should leave,” he added. “Like they have destroyed this vehicle, they have destroyed us.”
Another scrapper, identified as Sadat by The AP, echoed Mir’s statements. “They left us nothing,” Sadat claimed. “They don’t trust us. They have destroyed our country. They are giving us only destruction.”
