US vacates key Afghan base; pullout target now late August
ROBERT BURNS and KATHY GANNON, Associated Press
July 3, 2021
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1of8A gate is seen at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Friday, June 25, 2021. In 2001 the armies of the world united behind America and Bagram Air Base, barely an hours drive from the Afghan capital Kabul, was chosen as the epicenter of Operation Enduring Freedom, as the assault on the Taliban rulers was dubbed. It’s now nearly 20 years later and the last US soldier is soon to depart the base.Rahmat Gul/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8The flag of the United States flies over Bagram Air Base, in Afghanistan, Friday, June 25, 2021. In 2001 the armies of the world united behind America and Bagram Air Base, barely an hours drive from the Afghan capital Kabul, was chosen as the epicenter of Operation Enduring Freedom, as the assault on the Taliban rulers was dubbed. It’s now nearly 20 years later and the last US soldier is soo
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Looters Ransack Bagram Airfield Soon After US Military Quit Main Afghanistan Base
As soon as the US military left Afghan s largest airbase in Bagram, looters stole laptops and gas canisters from the base. Some of them have been arrested.
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As soon as the US military left Afghan s largest airbase in Bagram, looters rushed in and stole laptops and gas canisters from the base. As per reports by New York Times, chaos erupted as the US withdrew from the base overnight without any coordination with local officials. Some of the looters were even stopped and arrested, while the base has been cleared, said Darwaish Raufi, a district administrator for Bagram.
Sunday, 4 July 2021, 5:15 pm
From the Bagram Airbase they left, leaving behind a piece
of the New York World Trade Centre that collapsed with such
graphic horror on September 11, 2001. As with previous
occupiers and occupants, the powers that had made this venue
a residence of war operations were cutting their losses and
running.
Over the years, the base, originally built by
the Soviets in the 1950s and known to US personnel as Bagram
Airfield, became a loud statement of occupation, able to
hold up to 10,000 troops and sprawling across 30 square
miles. It was also replete with cholesterol hardening fast
food restaurants (Pizza Hut, Burger King), jewellers, car
Leaving Bagram Airbase: The Day the US Imperium Turned Tail modernghana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from modernghana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
July 3, 2021
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: In a major development, American forces Friday vacated the Bagram Airbase their main military base in Afghanistan that once housed 100,000 troops to fight al-Qaeda and Taliban.
Some US troops are still in Kabul, and if they are pulled out, it would bring an end to the longest war in the US history. Though some more US troops have yet to withdraw from another base in Kabul, Bagram pullout brings an end to the United States longest war in its history on a foreign land.
Taliban confirmed that the US forces had vacated the airbase and handed it over to the Afghan security forces. The Taliban, however, said they didn’t have an immediate plan to capture the Bagram Airbase.