hey. cancer! not. my. child. don t wait. talk to your child s doctor about hpv vaccination today. president biden will speak about the afghanistan tomorrow, less than a week after u.s. troops left bagram air base. our richard engel got access inside that new eerily quiet facility. he shows us what was left behind. reporter: the only sign of the afghan army now in charge of bagram air base is at the entrance. inside, there are miles of unguarded roads and barracks. and the relics of the u.s. troops who just left. a chill-out area, christmas ornaments, care packages, and hundreds of very usable vehicles, nearly all white. some fire trucks too, and the heart of the base, the runways. i borrowed a bike soldiers left behind
and pedalled down what was one of the most active runways for strikes against the taliban and al qaeda. it doesn t just feel like a ghost town. it almost feels post apocalyptic. no tumble weed. a can of energy drink hopped along. not long ago, bagram was the epicenter of america s longest war. up to 100,000 troops planned and executed counterterrorism missions here. so this was the command center. there is no light? reporter: when u.s. troops left, they cut the power. the afghans, a soldier told me, can t get it working. how do you feel about the way the americans left this base? translator: i don t want to talk about it, he said. everywhere on bagram we visited was dark. they hand over a base, they can t turn on the power, it s not too useful. reporter: the main battle planning room is that had all of the
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the brain behind this operation center. that s all been stripped out. the americans say they handed over this base to the afghans in an orderly way so that they could continue the fight against extremists. they left them a base that the americans it looks like they looted themselves. but the hospital on base is still well-stocked. plenty of drugs and valuable equipment. so this is good? this is very useful for you? it s ready for patient. reporter: many afghan soldiers are angry at how american troops left, but they don t seem to be making the most of what they have. you d hardly know there is a war outside and that the taliban are making rapid advances now that the americans have left here. and richard joins us from kabul. richard, there are also security fears tonight? bagram feels vulnerable. there are thousands of taliban prisoners inside, and now with the americans gone, the power cut and base defenses disrupted, if the taliban were able
crude traded above $105 yesterday, its highest in some nine months. let s look at the boards again. the breaking news in this hour, the dow hit above 13,000, now hovering 11 points below that mark. about 2,000 people protested outside a u.s. military base in afghanistan. u.s. helicopters fired flares to break up the crowd, which chanted and threw stones following reports that copies of the koran were burned inside bagram air base. labors reportedly found burnt copies of the holy books in the garage. they say this was not intentional and authoritieses will handle the matter. on a different note, stephen colbert returned to the colbert report last night. the popular comedy central host began with a broad message to his 91-year-old moms who recent illness caused him to cancel two tapings of the show last week. i can understand why the