IMMINENT WITHDRAWAL National Army soldiers stand guard at a road checkpoint near a US military base in Bagram, some 50 kilometers north of Kabul, on July 1, 2021. AFP PHOTO
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: All US and NATO troops have left the biggest air base in Afghanistan, a US defense official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday, signalling the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the country after two decades of war was imminent.
Bagram Air Base served as the linchpin for US operations in the rugged country where the long war against the Taliban and their Al-Qaeda allies was fought with air strikes and resupply missions from the airfield.