Members of the Taliban hosted a military parade featuring abandoned American military equipment to recall the anniversary of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan.

American military assets departed from Afghanistan three years ago, leaving considerable amounts of equipment behind, much of which was taken by the Taliban as they rose to power and as the national government immediately collapsed. Taliban forces paraded with light and heavy machine guns, pickup trucks, helicopters, armored vehicles, and motorcycles through Bagram Airfield, which was once the largest single American military base in Afghanistan.

Defense Department officials estimate that more than $7 billion of equipment was left with the fallen Afghan government, most of which was taken by the Taliban once they reconquered the country.

Senior leadership from the Taliban reportedly made speeches aimed to highlight for an international audience the withdrawal of the United States from the nation.

“The Islamic Emirate has eliminated internal differences and expanded the scope of unity and cooperation in the country,” Deputy Prime Minister Maulvi Abdul Kabir asserted. “No one will be allowed to interfere in our internal affairs, and Afghan soil will not be used against any country.”

President Joe Biden has been criticized for the handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, which corresponded with trust in the American military dropping to the lowest level in two decades.

News of the parade comes after the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the main oversight body for American funds used to rebuild the South Asian nation, warned that two State Department agencies failed to properly manage their nonprofit grant programs in Afghanistan even as the Taliban seeks American funds by means of defrauding such programs.