When I saw the news this Sunday, staring at photos of a flattened Bagram Air Base, I didn’t feel triumph. Honestly? I just felt exhausted. If you’re sitting comfortably in New York or London right now, I know exactly how your news anchors are spinning this. They’re making it sound like Pakistan just lost its […]
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Pakistan bombs Bagram airbase, destroys aircraft hangar, warehouses
Pakistan has delivered a forceful response to aggression by the Afghan Taliban, carrying out a major airstrike on Bagram Airbase that destroyed an aircraft hangar and two warehouses. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence and The New York Times have confirmed the Pakistani air strike conducted under Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq. The US newspaper reported that Pakistan successfully targeted […]
Pentagon defends secretive exit from Afghan airbase
The US military confirmed Tuesday that it did not give Afghan officials the precise time troops would abandon the strategic Bagram air base for security reasons, even as it left the facility open to looters. According to reports, Afghan military officials, including the general who will run the base in the future, complained that they […]
US troops to leave Afghanistan by end of August
The United States expects to finish withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan by the end of August, officials said Friday, after announcing all American and NATO soldiers had left the conflict-scarred nation’s biggest air base. Following 20 years of war, US President Joe Biden had set a September 11 deadline for the final pullout of the […]
US to hand Bagram base to Afghan forces in 20 days, says official
The US military will hand over its main Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in about 20 days, an official said Tuesday, as Washington presses on with withdrawing the last of its troops from the country. The vast base, built by the Soviets in the 1980s, is the biggest military facility used by US and […]