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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 ...

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 enters ...

I am the one who got our military presence to under 5,000, but we were going to keep Bagram (air base) - not because of Afghanistan, but because of China, because the air base is exactly one hour ...

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Trump had claimed that Bagram, the largest US airbase during the US invasion of Afghanistan, was controlled by China and demanded the Taliban return US-made military equipment. Mujahid insisted no ...

A spokesperson of the Afghan Taliban government rejected US President Donald Trump's claims about Chinese presence at Bagram Airfield, the largest US airbase during the US invasion of Afghanistan ...

For a background, Bagram Airbase is located about 44 km north of Kabul. It has served as a major base and central command during the US campaign in Afghanistan for 20 years. “They should refrain ...

“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 ...

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. The sprawling Bagram Air Base ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants to regain control of Afghanistan's Bagram airbase. He has accused China of controlling the strategic airbase and building nuclear weapons near it.

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 ...