US Scrapping $7 Billion Of Military Equipment In Afghanistan

Patrol and combat supplies are unloaded on Oct. 24, 2012, in Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

The Military Is Literally Throwing Away $7 Billion In Afghanistan -- The Week

The U.S. is simply abandoning tons of equipment because shipping it home would cost too much.

The decade-long Afghan war has cost the U.S. a fortune. And withdrawing from the country, which still faces regular insurgent attacks, won't be a bargain, either.

Military planners have decided to leave behind $7 billion worth of equipment, The Washington Post reports, because it is no longer needed or simply is not worth the cost of shipping home.

The military, rushing to clear out on schedule at the end of 2014, has destroyed more than 170 million pounds of vehicles and other military equipment — including 2,000 of the Pentagon's 11,000 million-dollar Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected personnel carriers, which were rushed into service in 2007 to protect troops from roadside bombs.

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