The US president says Bagram Air Base is a critical asset for countering China, as experts debate the feasibility of reclaiming abandoned US military equipment in Afghanistan. A Taliban soldier ...

Trump claimed during his election campaign speeches that Bagram was under the control of China’s People’s Liberation Army, and he reiterated it before his first Cabinet meeting last Wednesday ...

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Donald Trump has made a new announcement with regard to Afghanistan - that the US is planning to go back. "Joe Biden gave it up...I think we should get it back", he said, talking about armoured ...

“I’m the one who got our military presence to under 5,000 but we were going to keep Bagram,” Mr Trump said, “not because of Afghanistan but because of China, because the air base is ...

It has served as a major base and central command during the US campaign in Afghanistan ... handled” military withdrawal. “We were going to get out, but we were going to keep Bagram, not ...

Taliban officials have denied President Donald Trump’s recent assertions that China holds control over a crucial former U.S.-operated military base in Afghanistan. Why Elon Musk's X Has Sued ...

The Taliban dismissed Donald Trump's claim of Chinese presence at one of the former American military bases in Afghanistan. The US president claimed Washington was planning to return to the Bagram ...

Opinion: Acquisition has been a joint process for more than 30 years, and only the services can gauge necessary tradeoffs, ...

On 1 March 2025, after his first Cabinet meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump said the Taliban should return the equipment ...