US EditionTrump suggests US troops could return to base in Afghanistan, citing its proximity to rival China
- President Donald Trump announced efforts to reclaim the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, stating it is important due to its proximity to Chinese nuclear facilities.
- Trump criticized the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan, calling it a disaster that weakened U.S. standing internationally.
- Trump mentioned that the Taliban may need U.S. support for negotiations regarding the base, although specifics remain unclear.
- The Bagram Air Base was left in Taliban control after the 2021 U.S. exit from Afghanistan, which Trump claims was mishandled.
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‘An hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons’: Donald Trump makes a deeply unhinged case for why he’s working with the Taliban
President Donald Trump has made some pretty huge claims about the United States’ efforts to regain control of Bagram air base in Afghanistan. He dropped the news during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, calling it “a little breaking news”. The statement came as he was criticizing the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which he called a “total disaster,” a move he says he would have done with “strength and dig…
Trump Says US Seeks To 'Get Back' Bagram Base Amid Taliban Rule
President Donald Trump said the United States is attempting to get Bagram Airfield back from Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, citing the extremist group’s need for US help and the facility’s nearness to China’s nuclear assets.
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KULR-TVTrump suggests he'd send U.S. troops back to Afghanistan base
LONDON - President Trump suggested at a press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer that he'd like the U.S. to retake the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, five years after he directed troops to pull out of the region.
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