The United States has also confirmed the withdrawal of its troops ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, ending nearly 20 years of US military presence in the war-torn country.
The US military has withdrawn from Afghanistan before the deadline. While the Taliban is celebrating after the last US plane flew from Kabul, the US has given a strong blow to the new rulers of Afghanistan. In fact, the US military has disabled a large number of aircraft, armored vehicles and even high-tech rocket defense systems at Kabul airport before leaving the country on Monday. The American general has informed this.
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, said the US forces had demilitarized 73 planes at Hamid Karzai Airport, which means they could no longer be used. He said, ‘Those planes will never be able to fly again … no one will ever be able to operate them. Of course they will never be able to fly again.”
He added that the US had deployed about 6,000 troops at Kabul airport on August 14, launching a rescue operation. 70 MRAP armored vehicles have also been destroyed at the airport. Such a vehicle costs around $1 million. In addition, 27 ‘Humvees’ vehicles have also been disabled, which no one will ever be able to use.
In Afghanistan, the US has also destroyed anti-rocket, artillery and anti-mortar C-RAM systems, which were used to protect airports from rocket attacks. Because of this system, Kabul airport remained safe even after 5 rocket attacks from the Islamic State on Monday.
“We operated these systems until the last minute until the last plane flew from Afghanistan,” McKenzie said. “Breaking down these systems is a complex and time consuming process. So we demilitarized these systems so that no one could use them,” he said.
The United States has also confirmed the withdrawal of its troops ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, ending nearly 20 years of US military presence in the war-torn country.
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