It’s 7 Months Into Biden’s First Term, and Nearly 8 Percent of Humvees Ever Made Are Lost in Taliban’s Afghanistan

The Taliban inherited many American “gifts” amid their Afghanistan victory.

We’ve seen the images of Islamic militants holding U.S.-made rifles and posing beside our own Blackhawk helicopters left behind in the wake of a disastrous withdrawal.

We’ve also heard the speculation circling about — that with these “gifts,” the Taliban may have just toppled Vietnam as the 26th largest air force in the world.

But now, there’s a new stat to boggle our minds: The Taliban is now in possession of the American military equipment that was gifted to Afghan security forces during the two-decade U.S. mission in the country, ABC reported on last week.

That number was 22,000 Humvees over the years, according to ABC, but the cited a Government Accountability Office report from 2017, covering the years 2004 to 2016, so the actual number is likely higher.

Regardless, considering we’ve seen some members of the Taliban flaunting their inherited Humvees after Kabul’s fall, there’s a good reason to believe it, the evidence shows that many, many Humvees are now in Taliban hands.

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CNN’s report puts a $70,000 price tag on Humvees as they initially were, but that cost quickly escalates to anywhere between $160,000 to $220,000 with the “up-armored” breed.

According to Army Technology, the vehicle manufacturer AM General has built about 281,000 of the Humvees for the military. With roughly 22,000 lost in Afghanistan, that amounts to a staggering 8 percent of all the Humvees ever built now in enemy hands. – READ MORE