Photos: U.S. military scraps equipment, Afghans buy and sell as junk
November 6, 2013
In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo, an Afghan scrap collector climbs over giant wheels removed from a U.S. military vehicle and sold as scrap to Afghan traders at a junk yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. In the last year the U.S. military has sold millions of pounds (kilograms) of junked equipment to Afghans. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo, an Afghan scrap dealer checks to see if a head light bought as junk from the U.S. military is functional a a yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Afghan traders are buying millions of dollars worth of junked material from the U.S. military ahead of their departure from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo, an Afghan scrap worker tries to remove parts of a vehicle received from the U.S. military at a junk yard Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Much of the scrapped U.S. military equipment ends up in neighboring Pakistan because of the lack of facilities in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo, an Afghan worker inspects hundreds of shipping containers received by U.S. and NATO troops at a storage yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. This containers are often used to transport hundreds of pounds (kilograms) of scrap bought by Afghans from the departing U.S. military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo, an Afghan crane operator stacks shipping containers used by U.S. and NATO troops at a storage yard in the outskirts of Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. These containers are often used to transport scrapped U.S. equipment from a nearby military base to junkyards. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo, an Afghan crane operator peers through his grimy window as he stacks shipping containers used by U.S. and NATO troops at a storage yard in the outskirts of Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Many shipping containers are loaded with scrap material sold by the U.S. military to Afghan traders. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo, an Afghan worker maneuvers a piece of junked equipment received from the U.S. military at a scrap yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Afghan traders are buying millions of dollars worth of junked material from the U.S. military ahead of their departure from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo, Afghans load pieces of a destroyed U.S military armored vehicle into their vehicle at a junk yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. The U.S. military is turning vehicles and other equipment into scrap before selling to Afghan traders. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo, two Afghan men on a motorcycle drive by stacks of shipping containers belonging to the U.S. and NATO military in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Hundreds of shipping containers are being collected by Afghans, some of which will be eventually scrapped as U.S. and NATO troops prepare to withdrawal all its combat troops by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
This Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo shows Afghan scrap collectors transport a load of destroyed U.S. equipment from the departing military in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. As the final withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops approaches at the end of 2014, the U.S. military is getting rid of equipment that is either too expensive to ship back to the United States or if it is sold as working equipment could be used by insurgents. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 photo, Afghan day laborers load crushed Hesco barrier walls once used by international troops for protection against would-be suicide bombers at a scrap yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. As the U.S. winds down its war in Afghanistan, it is selling off to Afghans equipment and material that is not worse shipping back to the United States. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo, dozens of U.S. military canvas cots which are no longer usable are stacked by an Afghan scrap dealer for resale at a junk yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Hundreds of Millions of pounds (kilograms) of junked equipment is bought by the Afghans from U.S. military ahead of their departure from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo, Afghan scrap dealers try to load giant rubber treads of a U.S. tank received from the departing military as junk in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. As the U.S. military prepares to leave Afghanistan at the end of 2014 it is selling off old and unwanted equipment as junk to Afghans. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 photo, an Afghan day laborer loads crushed Hesco barrier walls once used by international troops for protection against would-be suicide bombers at a scrap yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Departing U.S. soldiers are getting rid off old and unwanted equipment ahead of the final withdrawal of all international troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo, an Afghan worker waits for the crane operator to move shipping containers stored at an open field outside of Kandahar. Some of this containers will be packed with scrap sold to Afghans by the departing U.S. military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 photo, Afghan scrap dealers rest on a couch received from the German military in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan. Unlike the equipment and material that is scrapped by the U.S. military before being sold to Afghans, some equipment sold by the German military in northern Afghanistan is left intact. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Sunday, Nov. 2, 2013 photo, Afghan day laborers load crushed Hesco barrier walls once used by international troops for protection against would-be suicide bombers at a scrap yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Departing U.S. soldiers are getting rid off old and unwanted equipment ahead of the final withdrawal of all international troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 photo, an Afghan worker unloads used oil drums bought from the U.S. military at a junk yard on the outskirts of Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. All kinds of material and equipment is being purchased by Afghan traders from the departing U.S. military ahead of the final withdrawal in 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo, multi-storied stacks of shipping containers wait to be used by U.S. and NATO troops at a storage yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Some of this containers will be packed with scrap sold to Afghans by the departing U.S. military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 photo, Afghan workers are depositing at a local junk yard a truck load of wood scraps bought from the U.S. military in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. The U.S. military as it prepares to depart Afghanistan at the end of 2014 is selling off unwanted material to Afghan traders. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan US Junk )
In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 photo, scrap bought from the U.S. military has been mostly cleared from a local junk yard in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Many Afghan scrap dealers who buy junked equipment from the U.S. military sell it to factories in neighboring Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan US Junk )
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