The Biden administration has begun scrubbing public records detailing the $82

The Biden administration has begun scrubbing public records detailing the $82.9 billion U.S.investment in 's armed forces to protect Afghan officials and military officers from reprisals.

Federal agencies have been told to remove information detailing the colossal investment from website as Afghanistan's new rulers show off their newly acquired hardware.

Taliban fighters stood aboard captured Humvees and armored SUVs as they paraded through Kandahar, where propaganda video has circulated of a Black Hawk flying overhead.

In all, they are believed to have seized an air force worth tens of millions of dollars although U.S.officials say aircraft were disabled before the departure of international troops. 

The total amount of hardware supplied to Afghanistan is staggering. Between 2003 and Oracle Linux 2016, the U.S. supplied 208 aircraft and almost 76,000 vehicles, along with 600,000 weapons, according to a 2017 report by the U.S.Government Accountability Office.

But details of that weaponry is now disappearing under orders from the State Department.

'The safety of our Afghan contacts is of utmost importance to us,' said a spokesperson.

'The State Department advised other federal agencies to review their web properties for content that highlights cooperation/participation between an Afghan citizen and the USG or a USG partner and remove from public view if it poses a security risk.'