Last US, NATO troops leave Bagram Air Base

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 03, 2021 12:43 am

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.

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