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The final report of the government watchdog tasked with monitoring Afghanistan reconstruction effort said the “U.S. taxpayer-funded equipment, weapons and facilities” remaining from the chaotic 2021 U.S. troop withdrawal are now “formed.” Taliban security core apparatus.”
137 page document A statement released this week by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said Congress allocated approximately $144.7 billion for Afghan reconstruction between 2002 and 2021 in a mission that promised to bring stability and democracy to the country “but ultimately achieved neither.”
“Due to the Taliban takeover, SIGAR was unable to inspect any equipment provided or built to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) following the collapse of the Afghan government,” the report said. “However, the Department of Defense has determined that the United States left behind approximately $7.1 billion worth of materials and equipment, which it transferred to the ANDSF.”
“Similarly, it can be assumed that any remaining ANDSF installations that have not been destroyed are under Taliban control. These US taxpayer-funded equipment, weapons and facilities formed the core of the Taliban security apparatus,” it added.
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Taliban fighters, armed with American-supplied weapons, equipment and uniforms, storm into Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2021, to take control of Hamid Karzai International Airport and inspect equipment left behind by the completion of the U.S. military withdrawal, according to Getty News. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty News)
American military The troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was completed in August 2021 under the Biden administration.
A Pentagon watchdog The following year, it was revealed that “at the time of the fall of the former government, Afghan forces held 316,260 weapons worth $511.8 million in stockpiles, as well as ammunition and other equipment, although the working condition of these items was unknown.”
“The Department of Defense reported that the U.S. military has removed or destroyed nearly all major equipment used by U.S. forces in Afghanistan during the 2021 withdrawal period,” the Pentagon watchdog said. said at the time.
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Newly recruited Afghan Taliban Ministry of Defense cadets stand on a military vehicle and prepare to fire a heavy weapon during a graduation ceremony at the 203rd Corps Mansouri military training center on the outskirts of Gardez, Afghanistan, November 2, 2025. (AFP via Getty Images/)
In a SIGAR report released this week, Jean Aloise, the acting inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, wrote that “multiple factors contributed to the failure of U.S. efforts to transform a war-torn, underdeveloped country into a stable and prosperous democracy.”
“For example, early and ongoing U.S. decisions to ally with corrupt, human rights-abusing power brokers have supported the insurgency and undermined the mission, including U.S. goals of establishing democracy and good governance in Afghanistan,” he wrote in a letter accompanying the report. “Efforts to improve economic and social conditions in Afghanistan have also had no long-term effect. And despite nearly $90 billion in security sector assistance, Afghan security forces ultimately quickly collapsed without a sustained U.S. military presence.”
The SIGAR report states that “ANDSF continued to rely on the US military in part because the United States created the ANDSF as a mirror image of US forces, which required a high degree of professional military training and leadership.
“This has created long-term dependence on the ANDSF. As a result of this dependency, the decision to withdraw all U.S. military personnel and sharply reduce U.S. support for the ANDSF has destroyed the morale of Afghan soldiers and police,” the oversight committee said.
Taliban fighters take control and guard Hamid Karzai International Airport, along with all the equipment and weapons remaining after the complete withdrawal of US troops from the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, August 31, 2021. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)
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“Even though Afghanistan fell under Taliban control in 2021, the United States continued to be the country's largest donor, providing more than $3.83 billion in aid to the Taliban in 2021. humanitarian and development assistance “In March 2025 alone, payments totaled $120 million.”
