US Seeking to Regain Control of Bagram Air Base in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan: Trump

US Seeking to Regain Control of Bagram Air Base in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan: Trump

A view of Bagram Air Base after all U.S. and NATO troops left, some 43 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 2, 2021. Zakeria Hashimi/AFP via Getty Images

The United States is actively working to regain control over Bagram Air Base in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, President Donald Trump said in remarks on Sept. 18.

U.S. forces relinquished control over the major air base in 2021, during the force drawdown from the country. The United States handed over control of the base to the U.S.-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which collapsed in August 2021 as the Taliban seized control over the Afghan capital city of Kabul.

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Original News Source Link – Epoch Times

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