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The US did not provide the Afghan army with any super duper secret stuff, everything there is neutered. We do this with almost everything we sell to other countries with very few exceptions. Russia does the same things; that S-400 system say they sell to Iran, is not going to have the critical, secret software for example, the Russian owned system will have.
It is a contingency in planning in case the weapons fall into the wrong hands either captured, stolen, lost, or even change of government.
Even thought his administration was being bombarded with warnings that the Taliban were set to take over control of the entire country, Biden still delivered seven brand new helicopters back in July. This was the same time that Biden banned all the civilian aircraft maintenance contractors who were the only ones keeping aircraft flying.
This deserves a description - Taliban disguised as US troops:
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Taliban fighters dressed as US troops to mock America in propaganda videos
I can see where this might be a problem going forward - on multiple levels - when and if the US does finally get its act together in extracting Afghanis who worked for the US .
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