PHOTOS: US troops left behind everything from energy drinks to armored vehicles when they abandoned a key base in Afghanistan in the dead of night

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When US forces pulled out of Bagram Airfield, a strategic air base in Afghanistan, in the middle of the night last week, they left behind a lot of things, from bottles of water and energy drinks to civilian and armored vehicles, an Afghan general told The Associated Press.

Given the rushed nature of the withdrawal, expected to be largely complete by the end of August, it seems like some things are simply getting left behind.

Kohistani told the AP that US forces left behind some 3.5 million items, some larger than others.

Among the things the US military left were tens of thousands of bottles of water and energy drinks, as well as meals ready-to-eat, or MREs, the AP reported.

The Pentagon acknowledged that some vehicles were left but denied that weapons had been left behind.

When US forces left Bagram, they shut off the power to the base.

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