The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said more than 15,000 pieces of weaponry and equipment, including vehicles, belonging to the former government were collected from the eastern provinces of the country.

The ministry's delegation, which traveled to the 201st Khalid bin Waleed Corps, said that the weapons and equipment had been obtained in the past four months from Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces.

“According to a decree issued by the Prime Minister to each ministry, you should appoint a committee in your corps or in your province that registers and collects the vehicles which belong to each ministry,” said Saeedullah Rezwan, a member of the delegation sent by the Ministry of Defense to the 201st Corps of Khalid bin Waleed.

Rezwan added: “Twelve thousand weapons of various types have been registered and the inventory that has been made of vehicles is around 3,500.”

Officials from the Khalid bin Waleed 201st Corps urged residents of the eastern provinces to hand over all government equipment to the authorities.

“We respectfully ask the Mujahideen and the people of the eastern zone to bring in and hand over the government property they have to the officials of the 201st Khalid bin Waleed Corps,” said Mawlawi Wahidullah, spokesman for Khalid bin Waleed's 201th Corps.

According to officials, all the weapons and equipment collected were handed over to Khalid bin Waleed's 120th Corps, which will use them if needed.