Trump Threatens Retaliationโค if Talibanโฃ Doesn’t Return Bagram air Base
Kabul, โฃAfghanistan – Former U.S. President Donald Trumpโ issued a stark warning to the Taliban, threatening unspecified “bad things” will happen ifโฃ the Bagram Air Base is notโข returned to those who built it. The base, onc the largest U.S. militaryโข installation in Afghanistan โขand a central hub forโฃ two decades of operationsโ against the Taliban, was abandoned byโฃ U.S. forces in July 2021, just weeks before the taliban regained control of the country.
The demand โคcomes amid ongoing tensions between โคthe Taliban and โฃthe international community, especially regardingโ the group’s human rights record and it’s commitment to preventing Afghanistan from becoming a haven for terrorist groups. Theโ fate of Bagram Air Base is symbolic of the broader struggle over Afghanistan’s โฃfuture and theโข legacy of the U.S. intervention. Whileโข the Taliban has engaged in โคdiscussions with U.S. officials regarding prisoner exchanges, diplomatic relations, and economic investment, they have dismissed any negotiation overโข the base itself.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah โMujahid responded toโ Trump’s threat,โฃ stating thatโ afghanistan already endured “bad things” during twenty years of U.S.โ occupation. Mujahid emphasized Afghanistan’s resistance to foreign โcontrol, asserting, “Afghanistan is not a country that โคcan be occupied โorโ conquered.” He added that any future engagement must be “politically, diplomatically, and rationally” with the Afghan people. Mujahid confirmed conversations with U.S.officials but โขreiterated that Bagram was not a subject of discussion.
