Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Afghanistan Refuses Deal to Give Bagram Base Back to US

An Afghan government defence official said Sunday that a deal over Bagram air base was "not possible", after US President Donald Trump said he wanted the former US base back.

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US deal on Bagram base 'not possible' says Afghan Taliban official

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... Trump threatened unspecified punishment against Afghanistan if it was not returned " four years after it was abandoned by US troops.

"If Afghanistan doesn't give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!" the 79-year-old leader wrote on his Truth Social platform.

On Sunday, Fasihuddin Fitrat, chief of staff of Afghanistan's ministry of defence, said "some people" want to take back the base through a "political deal".

"Recently, some people have said that they have entered negotiations with Afghanistan for taking back Bagram air base," he said in comments broadcast by local media.

"A deal over even an inch of Afghanistan's soil is not possible. We don't need it."

Later in an official statement, the Afghan government said warned that "Afghanistan's independence and territorial integrity are of the utmost importance".

Trump has repeatedly criticised the loss of the base, noting its proximity to China. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-21 01:55 PM

@#1 ... Trump has repeatedly criticised the loss of the base ...

The base was closed as a part of the DoHa Agreement that Pres Trump signed in 2020.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-21 02:01 PM

Stinky: Give Bagram Air Force Base Back Or Else

www.reuters.com

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-09-21 02:03 PM

More from the article...

... US and NATO troops chaotically pulled out of Bagram in July 2021, under Joe Biden's presidency but as part of a 2020 Trump-brokered deal with Taliban insurgents. ...

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-21 02:04 PM

"If Afghanistan doesn't give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN"

Ooooh ... Grrrrrrrrr ... .Ta-ta-ta-TACO!

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-21 03:51 PM

Trump's ability to transcend the laws of mathematics (promising to lower drug costs by 1,500%) bookend his capacity for time travel.
The US did not build Bagram.
Bagram came into existence in the 1950s, thanks to the USSR.
During their Afghan humiliation, the Russians used Bagram extensively.
The US occupied Bagram while it worked through its own Afghan flop.
During his first term, Trump signed onto the Doha Agreement of 2020.
(Behind the back of the Afghanistan government.)
The US promised to leave Bagram, pronto.
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#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-21 04:01 PM

@#5 ... "If Afghanistan doesn't give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America ...

Bagram Airfield
en.wikipedia.org

... Bagram airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s. ...


#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-21 06:18 PM

------- Idiot

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-22 12:18 PM

We spent two decades trashing their country when Bushturd 2's business partner's brother... who "masterminded" the attack... was hanging in a compound in Pakistan smoking dope...

I don't think we did Afghanistan any favors.

#9 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-09-24 05:25 AM

... Bagram airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s. ...

Ooooohhhhhhhh I get it now.

so it's the ultimate "please take me back Pootie I reely miss you" shmooze gift?

#10 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-09-24 05:29 AM

I don't think we did Afghanistan any favors.

A handful of well connected corrupt Afghanis made billions along with US companies that supplied the contracts and that was it.

#11 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-09-24 06:47 AM

#11: www.rawa.org

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-24 07:19 AM

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