Illustrative image. (BRIAN HARRIS/U.S. ARMY)
United States President Donald Trump has openly expressed his desire to take back Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan from the Taliban.
As part of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, American troops left Bagram in July of 2021. Later in August of the same year, the Taliban seized the airfield, and went on to capture all of the country, reestablishing its Islamic Emirate.
Trump has previously indicated that if the withdrawal from Afghanistan happened under his administration, he would have kept control of Bagram, citing its strategic importance near the border between Afghanistan and China. Earlier this month, he slammed the administration of former President Joe Biden for leaving the airfield, describing the decision as “so stupid.”
Speaking during a joint press conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Kier Starmer on September 18, Trump made it clear for the first time that he wants Bagram back.
“We gave it to [the Taliban] for nothing… We’re trying to get it back, by the way,” Trump told reporters. “We’re trying to get it back because (the Taliban) need things from us.”
Trump also said that Bagram is located near where China makes nuclear weapons, a claim he made back in March as well, although at the time he specifically said “missiles”.
“We want that base back, but one of the reasons we want the base is, as you know, it’s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons,” he added.
Following his remarks, three sources familiar with the issue told CNN that discussion on how to get the airfield back have been ongoing in Washington since March
Trump and his senior national security officials believe the base is needed for several reasons, including to surveil China; gain access to rare earth elements and mining in Afghanistan; establish a counterterrorism node to target ISIS; and possibly reopen a diplomatic facility, the sources said.
A later report by The Wall Street Journal revealed that the U.S. has already begun talks with the Taliban on Bagram, with Special Envoy for hostage response Adam Boehler leading the efforts.
Nevertheless, the Taliban appears to be completely against the idea of handing the strategic airfield over to the U.S. military.
Zakir Jalaly, an official at the Taliban Foreign Ministry, said on September 18 that the U.S. and Afghanistan can have economic and political relations based on “mutual respect and shared interests,” but the U.S. will not be allowed to have a military presence in the country.
Separately, Muhajir Farahi, the deputy minister of information and culture in Afghanistan, shared a part of a poem on social platform X, which in part said that those who “once smashed their heads against the rocks with us, their minds have still not found peace.”
While Trump cited the Bagram proximity to China as a reason for wanting to take over it, the airfield would also bring the U.S. military closer to the Ural and Siberia in Russia, as well as to the northern and western regions of Iran.
Bagram has two long runways, with space for cargo aircraft, fighter jets and attack helicopters. The base, which lays over some five squares, can be used for anything, from intelligence gathering operations to ballistic missile defense, if equipped.
While the U.S. could offer the Taliban many things, from an official recognition, to economic benefits, the group has throughout its history refused to compromise when it comes to the integrity of Afghanistan’s territory. Thus, it is highly unlikely that the Taliban, which has unofficial relations with China, would accept any offer from Trump. A U.S. military intervention to take over the base is even more unlikely, but can’t be completely ruled out.
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in addition to being a moron, trump is also an immense piece of shit lol.
read more on the relationship between taliban and usa: north-afghanistan.blogspot.com
read the first article on that site.
don’t be fooled what taliban say to the press. follow what taliban do in secret.
don’t bother with this diversion
yea we know taliban got a lot of lobbyists in sunni arab countries. you might be one of them. unfortunately russia will understand it when more suicide attackers go off in moscow theaters. but then it will be too late.
diversion repeats
the only terrorist is anglo-saxonian scum and their puppets like zionists and false flag group “al-qaeda”, daesh, wahhabis etc. glad to see “taliban” kicked this filth out of afghanistan and made drug production lower in 40 times again. first time they did it in 90s before invasion of anglo-saxons.
oh dear oh dear oh dear. another ignoramus who knows no history, such as the fact that the vatican’s norman-french shock troops subjugated the anglo-saxons entirely in 1066 and except for a short period under cromwell they have been an occupied race ever since. the normans and their catholic lackeys call them ‘little englanders’ as they have for centuries. anglo-saxons weren’t even allowed to vote until 1919.
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“nevertheless, the taliban appears to be completely against the idea of handing the strategic airfield over to the u.s. military.”
bs. taliban is on the same boat as usa. putin is too naive to understand it. he thinks the taliban fought usa. how many us soldiers did they kill since 2016? 2!!! how many afghans did they kill? thousands. but putin thinks taliban are his friends instead of massoud and resistance front. why did taliban invite us officials in september 2025?
troll expertise is always lacking in fact, but always wishes to divert subject matter discussion into meaningless rhetorical spin offs that have no basis in reality. sadly, a typical media trick these days.
lol. what’s up with you troll? probably a sunni from qatar or pakistan.
the narrative is right you lack facts – isis originated from the sunni and the taliban fighting against them has now been given an assurance of help from russia in that direction .like other paid posters when you cant win logically so you use diversionary tactics.
thing is: isis-k and taliban are the same. but you idiots lack understanding. who gives the names? those who created both. stupid idiots.
“islamic state of horasan” (isis-horasan) is fighting against “taliban”, so they are obviously not the same. “horasan” is false flag group of washington regime and never existed before, because it’s stupid to fight for “islamic state of iraq and syria” in afghanistan, but suitable for western stupidity and arrogance, western people eats shit and asks for more, except minority like sf team and readers.
isis/daesh are wahhabis like terrorists in caucasian regions of russia in 1990s. england used them in 1918 when tomas lowrence (of arabia) created plot to upraise local tribes against turkey. that’s how egypt and gulf states became english colonies til the middle of 20th century.
you sound like zionist troll
wrong. the us has its own “islamist” gang called “islamic state of horasan” which fights against “taliban” for several years. when things got wrong for anglo-saxonian terrorists, they established new false flag group to stay in afg-n even after official withdrawal. + so called northern alliance with son of masud and with gen.dustum. they fought against ussr, then became part of puppet regime, now they are fighting against talibs.
go back to 1979-1989 afghan-soviet war to see who created taliban against ussr. later in 1994 those so-called mujahideen were renamed to “taliban”. the names change as much as their masters want. unfortunately most of you gen z guys just see what is right now, while lacking knowledge about history and who is behind what.
chumpo stole $7 billion from afghanistan, the poorest people on earth. the thieving amerikunt scum will steal anything from anybody. they’re almost as bad as the jooz.
the poorest people on earth are in gaza. the un-armed, defenseless, starving, homeless and impoverished are herded into kill zones for extermination. that’s all folks !
so what will you do about gaza? will you as a sunni fight for them?
we will sit and watch how usa,germany,israel,france,britain kill and starve because their have nuclear weapons.only russia can be attack under putin while having 90% of nuclear weapons.
this looks like a panic to return the lost cia made puzzle piece. this air field that could easily attack iran and all other middle eastern energy producers for physical and financial control. this could also interfere with shipping lanes. now the attempt is publicized internationally using old play book corruption and bribery techniques. china will not look kindly upon the us oil banker attempts to seize all the regions energy supplies.
india, china, russia and many other nations will most likely increase trade with the taliban for minerals in afghanistan in defense. it would not take much to keep the western bankers out. the taliban wins any outcome by improved economy. the trump plan will not help the afghan people because it is based in exploitation tactics.
recommendation to the taliban: up the price and make it a deal: no less than 1 trillion funny-dollars a year, oh wait there’s more: as an extra on top make the usa invest 600 billion dollars in afghanistan
another 360 by afghan retreat, tax cheating, grab them by their pussy, the war will end in 24hrs, don the con trump. ukraine is finished one way or another.
amerikan inferiority exposed—their trolls so desperate they impersonate me superrior belorussian
this is fucking wild! just imagine those cavemen trying to fly that cobra or apache helicopter. hmm…this redu buttonu looks promising…kha-boom.
trump is a show business man, i can bet the deep state are testing how much power a usa president has today under their constitution. don’t expect anything from trump, he is the creation of exceptionals breed, the masters race , the masters of the universe with full fledge exceptionalism. let’s wait, trump ends his mandate in two more years, and the next potus maybe would be a deep state stooge again.
it’s about opium . control afghanistan , control the global market .
opium crops destroyed by talibs. they did it since 1993 when entered the power first time. since 2001 opium production raised for over 40 times according the federal security service of russia. thousands tons of poison every year delivered to russia, china and other neighbors of afg-n. washington regime supported poppy cultivation under the reason of care for local farmers. sharia law prohibit drugs, so cultivate wheat, vegetables, grape or die/move abroad.
una permanencia en esta base en conjunto entre talibanes, chinos y rusos terminaria con los sueños guajiros de este sr.
the hidden agenda is trump wants colombia,venezuela and afghanistan drugs to hit up medicine usa/nato control monopoly. africa is rich on medicine but are control by who not to produce own medicine.
there is no drugs production in venezuela, only oil, the largest deposits of heavy oil.
and the best cracking method to refine this oil was invented by fred koch, father of the koch brothers, who currently hold the patent and run the second largest privately-owned company in the usa.
hahahahahahah…this trumpstein is such a lunatic
like grandpa dementor (biden).
haahahahha, this guy must be the dumbest blindest m*********** in the world.
trump and the taliban get along because they are both enemies of women. bill gates should sterilize afghan and us women, and let me see trump’s enemies of women and the taliban giving birth to their own children. without women.
once uncle sam has a base on your territory he never leaves and turns a country into a vassal.
the us is fine with parking its army in other countries. but if another country parked its army on us soil it would scream with outrage. nothing says “empire” as much as this.
bagram was built by soviet union… give back to it!