Biden’s Blunder, the Taliban, and U.S. Weapons: Trump Wants Them Back
In what may be one of the most devastating foreign policy failures in modern U.S.
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13 May 2025 ~~ By Antonio Graceffo
In what may be one of the most devastating foreign policy failures in modern U.S. history, President Joe Biden’s reckless 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan did not simply leave a power vacuum, it handed America’s enemies one of the largest
unauthorized arms transfers in history.
Today, billions of dollars in U.S. weapons and equipment are in the
hands of terrorists, black market arms dealers, and hostile regimes.
According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the Taliban earned over
$3.4 billion in revenue last year, partly by selling seized U.S. weapons to global
terror networks. Groups such as al-Qaeda affiliates, ISIS-K, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and others are actively using these weapons for attacks and training.
A recent
BBC investigation revealed that half a million weapons captured by the Taliban are now unaccounted for—either lost, sold, or smuggled out.
The Taliban originally seized around one million items of U.S.-funded military hardware, including M4 and M16 rifles, Humvees, MRAPs, and even Black Hawk helicopters.
While much of the high-end equipment remains non-operational due to lack of training and maintenance capacity, thousands of vehicles and small arms have been deployed in combat or sold to the highest bidder.
The BBC confirmed that the Taliban admitted these weapons were missing during a closed-door UN meeting in Doha.
Despite Pentagon assurances that most equipment was disabled, the Taliban continues to flaunt U.S. hardware in
military parades, most notably in August 2024, when they celebrated three years in power by showcasing captured gear at Bagram Airfield, once the main hub of U.S. and NATO operations.
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Since resuming office, Trump has vowed to reclaim the gear, stating:
“If we need to pay them, that’s fine—but we want our military equipment back.”
Yet the Taliban has refused, insisting the arms belong to the state. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid declared,
“We seized these weapons from the previous administration and will use them to defend the country.”
Meanwhile, China and Russia have cautiously moved to expand their presence in Afghanistan, seeking to exploit the vacuum left by the U.S. withdrawal. Both countries have reopened embassies in Kabul and hosted Taliban delegations.
This is not just a policy failure. It is a long-term national security liability, one that continues to arm terrorists, embolden authoritarian states, and erode American influence across one of the world’s most volatile regions.
Commentary:
Biden the worst. incompetent fraudulently elected president in U.S. history deserves having his entire 4 years, scrubbed from the History books along with all Executive Orders or Law that he ever signed and should be tossed into the trash can.
The shear incompetence of the Biden administration lies in the fact that they gave the Taliban massive amounts of weaponry and lists of the Afghanistan's that help the U.S. forces.
If it had been anyone else rather than a Democrat president, it would have been considered treason.
You have to question whether Biden and his crony henchmen got paid kickbacks in exchange for these weapons. That's what needs to be investigated and prosecuted.
The Afghanistan debacle was just one of many things Biden should have been removed from office over. His long list of crimes and his screw-ups are many.
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