2021-07-12 02:43:23 GMT2021-07-12 10:43:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Photo taken on July 6, 2021 shows a damaged wall at the site of a car bomb blast in Kandahar, capital of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan, July 11 (Xinhua) Still surrounded by concrete walls and razor wire, the Bagram Airfield, also known as Bagram Airbase, had been home to the U.S. troops in Afghanistan in the past 20 years.
The airbase was handed over to the Afghan forces early this month. Nothing important has left at the airbase, Gen. Mir Assadullah Kohistani, now commander of the airbase, told Xinhua. The U.S. forces had destroyed all the facilities and military equipment that the Afghan forces could not use or their shifting to America was expensive.
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Chaotic departure from Bagram base highlights challenge in Taliban conflict
An Afghan soldier stands guard on a security tower in Bagram US air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 5, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
BAGRAM, Afghanistan－After US troops withdrew without notifying them, Afghan soldiers guarding the Bagram Air Base have been left with thousands of Taliban prisoners and a deteriorating security situation.
The sprawling military complex near the capital Kabul was at one point home to tens of thousands of US and allied soldiers, and one of the most important sites to prosecute the two-decade war in Afghanistan.
Afghan forces vow to retake districts lost to Taliban
By AFP - Jul 07,2021 - Last updated at Jul 07,2021
An Afghan security personnel stands guard at the site of a car bomb attack in Kandahar on Tuesday (AFP photo)
KABUL Afghan authorities on Tuesday vowed to retake all the districts lost to the Taliban and deployed hundreds of commandos to counter the insurgents blistering offensive in the north, a day after more than 1,000 government troops fled into neighbouring Tajikistan.
Fighting has raged across several provinces, but the insurgents have primarily focused on a devastating campaign across the northern countryside, seizing dozens of districts in the past two months.
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