bagram airfield

January 12, 2026

US forces left Afghan airfield at night, didn’t tell new commander

July 6, 2021 Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

BAGRAM, Afghanistan — The U.S. left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ […]

US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

July 2, 2021 Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, […]