US holding biggest yard sale of $50 billion worth of equipment in Afghanistan

The biggest yard sale in history
U.S. military racing to sell off or scrap $50 BILLION of equipment in Afghanistan before it can fall into Taliban hands
Daily Mail UK
By MICHAEL ZENNIE
PUBLISHED: 18:17 EST, 18 August 2013

Military equipment from 12 years of war must be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014

Billions will be sold online on the auction site Government Liquidation

Cost to ship 95,000 cargo containers and 35,000 vehicles home will be $6 billion

Equipment cannot be given to the Afghan military and most buyers can't pick it up from Afghanistan, so it must be shipped home


United States military units in Afghanistan are in the midst of the biggest force pullout in American history and it's resulting in the biggest yard sale of military hardware in American history.

An estimated $50 billion in military hardware - from armored vehicles to dining room sets, combat uniforms to vending machines - must be removed from the country by the end of 2014.

The cost of bringing equipment home is reach an estimated $6 billion.

More than a decade of war is nearly over and the military no longer has use for much of the equipment. As a result, billions worth of hardware is being auctioned off online - much of it even available to civilians in the U.S.
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