More than £4 million worth of armoured civilian cars were left behind by the UK as the Western allies withdrew from Afghanistan.
Western military gear abandoned in Afghanistan has been repaired and put back into operation by the Taliban More than £4 million worth of armoured civilian cars were left behind by the UK as the Western allies withdrew from Afghanistan. The Land Cruisers were abandoned at various locations including the British Embassy in Kabul, the former Hamid Karzai International Airport and a destruction facility named ‘No Lemon’.
The Taliban swiftly regained power amid the allied drawdown as Ashraf Ghani’s government rapidly collapsed, with the last Western flight leaving the airport on August 30, 2001. ‘In those final hours, we had to stick to the mission: act fast, secure as many people as possible, and leave the rest. That’s what we did. ‘The government’s main goal was the evacuation, under extreme time pressure and real threats. Every decision was about getting people to safety.
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