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Foreign forces leave Afghanistan's largest air base
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03 July 2021
KABUL, 03 July 2021, (TON): An American official said that in a sign of imminent withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan, US and NATO forces have left the largest air base in Afghanistan.”
Bagram Air Base served as the linchpin for US operations in the rugged country, where the long war against the Taliban and their allies was fought with air strikes and resupply missions from the airfield.
The official said, who asked not to be identified "all coalition forces are off Bagram," without specifying when the last foreign troops left the base, 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Kabul.
He did not say when it will be officially handed over to Afghan forces.
A senior Afghan official, on condition of anonymity, told media "we still have not been informed of any official handover of the base to Afghan forces."
The US military and NATO are in the final stages of winding up involvement in Afghanistan, bringing home an unspecified number of remaining troops by a deadline of September 11.
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