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4 days ago

Afghanistan's Bagram airbase: Why is Trump desperate to take it back?

Control of Bagram Airfield offers the United States a strategic foothold near Kabul, enabling renewed power projection amid nearby Chinese influence.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Afghan Taliban rejects Trump threats over taking back Bagram airbase

The Taliban has rejected United States President Donald Trump's demand that it hand over the Bagram airbase that Washington ran during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, dismissing Trump's threat that bad things will happen if this does not come to pass. The Taliban said on Sunday that Afghanistan's independence and territorial integrity are of the utmost importance and called on the US to uphold prior agreements that it would not resort to force.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago
US politics

Trump warns Afghanistan of bad things' if it does not return Bagram base

President Trump threatened unspecified consequences unless Afghanistan returns control of the Bagram airbase to the United States.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Afghanistan rejects US return to Bagram airbase

Afghanistan rejects re-establishment of a US military presence at Bagram and offers political and economic engagement with Washington without US forces; the Taliban opposes a US return.
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