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 ...

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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has criticised US President Donald Trump for making 'emotional statements' based on ...

Two anonymous U.S. officials confirmed this week that the U.S. military had concluded its withdrawal from Afghanistan, although several hundred troops remained to guard sensitive facilities.

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 ...

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 ...

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’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 ...