The Pentagon said in the report obtained by CNN that was published in March that, during the 16-year occupation, the US military passed a total of $18.6 billion in arms and equipment to the Afghan government, specifically the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, to help fight the Taliban.
However, following the withdrawal of all US troops in August, some $7 billion worth of equipment remained in the country, the Pentagon said in the report, per CNN.
Among the items left behind were aircraft worth $923 million, that were demilitarized and left inoperable.
Also left behind were $6.5 million in artillery and 300,000 weapons, the report said, according to CNN.
It is not clear what condition the artillery and weapons were left in. The US military said in August 2021 that a lot of the equipment the US left behind was destroyed or demilitarized.