President Donald Trump publicly challenged Afghanistan’s ruling elite, the Taliban, DEMANDING they return Bagram Air base to the U.S. He told reporters that “we’re talking now to Afghanistan,” to which a reporter asked if he would use U.S. troops to take back the base.
Trump told the reporter, “We won’t talk about that. We want it back. And we want it back right away. If they don’t do it, you going to find out what I’m going to do.” The Taliban responded through a spokesperson, who posted on X, “It should be recalled that, under the Doha Agreement, the United States pledged that ‘it will not use or threaten force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Afghanistan, nor interfere in its internal affairs.’”
Taliban rejects Trump’s bid to take over Afghan air base that U.S. controlled for almost 20 years– www.cbsnews.com
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The Taliban government on Sunday rejected U.S. President Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling military facility in the Taliban’s hands.
… Earlier Sunday, the chief of staff at the Defense Ministry, Fasihuddin Fitrat, addressed Mr. Trump’s comments. “Ceding even an inch of our soil to anyone is out of the question and impossible,” he said during a speech broadcast by Afghan media.
