Kathy Gannon17:27, Jul 06 2021
The US left Afghanistan s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military officials said. Afghanistan’s army showed off the sprawling air base on Tuesday (NZT), providing a rare first glimpse of what had been the epicentre of America’s war to unseat the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks on America.
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Afghan security forces keep watch after the American military left Bagram air base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Bagram: The US left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander.
Afghan military officials say they discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours after they left.
An Afghan army soldier walks past Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, MRAP, that were left after the American military left Bagram air base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 5.
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Afghanistan’s army showed off the sprawling air base on Monday, providing a rare first glimpse of what had been the epicentre of America’s war to unseat the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaeda perpetrators of the September 11 attacks on America.
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US left Afghan airfield at night and didn’t tell new commander
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) The U.S. left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military officials said.
Jul. 5 2021 @ 11:05pm
Vehicles are parked at Bagram Airfield after the American military left the base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 5, 2021. The U.S. left Afghanistan s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years, winding up its forever war, in the night, without notifying the new Afghan commander until more than two hours after they slipped away. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)