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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Years later, Karzai’s successor, Ashraf Ghani was not in a position to avoid visiting Donald Trump in Bagram. In Afghan eyes, it was disrespectful for the Americans to expect Afghan presidents ...