As The Taliban Continue To Fight, U.S. Soldiers Are Dismantling Their Bases

Combat Outpost Kushamond is being dismantled while the war in Afghanistan continues

Dismantling US Bases As The Taliban Fight On -- BBC

In a barren dust-bowl, in the eastern province of Paktika, an American base is disappearing back into the desert.

Combat Outpost Kushamond is the biggest base yet to close in Afghanistan. But it will not be handed to Afghan forces because they don't have the capacity to keep it running.

Huge armoured vehicles are loaded on to transporters. Some 70,000 vehicles will be shipped back to the States. The Afghans will be left with simpler, cheaper vehicles.

Many Afghan soldiers are now literate, though only to primary school level. But a school-child cannot read a mechanical engineering manual - so little equipment will be left behind.

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My Comment: This is a retreat .... no matter how hard the ISAF and others may try to spin it. This BBC report also tells me that the Afghan military are in no position to take over this base .... nor are they capable of fighting against the Taliban who show no signs of giving up the fight.