The US withdrew from Bagram Airfield unknowingly, Afghan officials say | Conflicting Issues

The United States withdrew from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of shutting down electricity and set off at night without informing a new Afghan official, who realized the Americans had left two hours after his departure, Afghan military officials said.

The US announced Friday that it was over moved to a much larger airport the country before the final withdrawal at the end of all August but several hundred U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

“We [heard] Rumors that Americans have left Bagram … and by 7:00 a.m., we realized it had been confirmed that they had left Bagram, “General Mir Asadullah Kohistani, Bagram’s new chief executive, told The Associated Press.

Afghan troops showed off more flights on Monday, allowing journalists to visit the fortified area.

“They (the Americans) have come out now and everything is in our hands, including the supervisors, the airline, and the hospital,” the Afghan government official told Reuters.

Bagram has been a symbol of the Western military that has been set up to support the Afghan government that is now facing the Taliban as more and more US and NATO troops have left.

The people of the Taliban captured components In Badakhshan and Kandahar areas over the weekend, sending Afghan government troops to flee the border with Tajikistan. Taliban fighters last week initiated an attack in the central Afghan city of Ghazni, on the main road connecting Kabul’s capital with the southern province of Kandahar.

On Monday in Bagram, dozens of vehicles left by the US pulled up while others surrounded by Afghan officials and colleagues. The Radars were surrounded as the troops were under surveillance, and hundreds of Afghan security forces moved to areas of the former US military base.

Armed Afghan soldiers who saw 100,000 U.S. troops criticized the US withdrawal from Bagram.

“One night he lost all good intentions for 20 years and left the night, not to mention the Afghan soldiers who were outside overseeing the area,” said Afghan soldier Naematullah, who asked for his name to be used.

Before the Afghan army took control of the airport, about an hour from Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, a small group of looters took control of the area and searched tents before being evacuated, Afghan officials said.

“At first, we thought it might be the Taliban,” Abdul Raouf, a 10-year-old soldier, told AP. He also said that the US summoned him from Kabul airport and said “we are here at the Kabul airport.”

A car parked in Bagram by US troops after the departure of an airport, on July 5 [Mohammad Ismail/Reuters]

Colonel Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, did not respond to complaints from many Afghan soldiers, instead referring to remarks made by the US last week.

The document said the move came shortly after President Joe Biden announced in mid-April that The US can be exhausted his troops from Afghanistan. Leggett said in a statement that he had joined forces with Afghan leaders.

The US announced on July 2 that it had canceled its largest aircraft in the country before the final departure of the Pentagon, which it said would be completed by the end of August.

Kohistani, the new airport chief, insisted that the Afghan Defense and Security Forces could hold on to a much stronger position even if the Taliban won the war. The plane also includes a camp of about 5,000 inmates, most of whom are said to be members of the Taliban.

Meanwhile, the nearby marketplace in the shade of the site was preparing for what was to come.

“It is not a problem for us if there are foreign groups [here] or they will leave, but that the Taliban are taking over the territory at any time which affects our work, ”Wasim Shirzad, a store clerk, told Reuters.

Another salesman, Nematullah Ferdaws, admitted: “Most store owners do not waste money … because they have doubts about the future of the country.”