US Regains Huge Weapons Cache Lost by Afghans, USA Today, 16 March 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. forces have recovered a huge cache of weapons that was given to Afghan security forces but wound up in the hands of the Taliban, a U.S. military review has found. The Afghan army and national police have lost 13,000 weapons, 200,000 rounds of ammunition, 80 vehicles and one pair of night vision goggles, members of a U.S. task force told USA TODAY. All the gear was bought for the Afghans by Americans, part of $330 million in weapons purchases. Most of the weapons have been seized from the Taliban or other insurgent forces. The review by Joint Task Force 1228 deals with weapons lost or recovered in the past 11 months. 'Most of it comes off of dead bodies," said Army Lt. Col. Michael Rayburn, who heads the task force.'"
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