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How the U.S. ended up giving weapons to the Taliban

By Kelly Cohen
Published July 28, 2014 6:22pm ET
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How the U.S. ended up giving weapons to the Taliban
Smoke rises from a building which Taliban fighters used for cover during clashes with government troops, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 17. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) | Massoud Hossaini

Hundreds of thousands of sophisticated U.S. military weapons given to the Afghan military are missing and may be in the hands of the Taliban, according to a government watchdog.

The missing equipment includes weapons such as rifles, pistols, machine guns, grenade launchers and tactical shotguns.

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