The US is moving to reclaim the Bagram airbase from the Taliban after losing it during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Donald Trump announced.
“We’re trying to get it back, by the way,” Mr Trump told reporters during a joint press conference with Sir Keir Starmer in Aylesbury on Thursday.
The Bagram base was the largest operated by the US in Afghanistan and is strategically important in countering China’s growing influence in the region.
Mr Trump suggested that he was negotiating with the Taliban to retake ownership, adding: “We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us. We want that base back.”
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Maybe he should have included that in the deal, when he surrendered to the Taliban, the last time.
Create problem. Fix problem. Repeat. 🙄
One thing about Trump surprises me every day. You think he had just said or done the most stupid thing ever, and the next day, he easily breaks yesterdays record.
They’re going to pay the taliban aren’t they.
In arms and technology
Schoolfriend of mine was captured, tortured and killed by the Taliban. I still remember crying over a song we sung.
We don’t just have Farage wanting to pay them to take back people the Taliban wanna kill, but we have this baby fucker wanna give them money for their airbase.
The fash want to give these fuckers money, perhaps because on some level, they admire them. The Taliban use the same excuse for their fucked up policies as the fash do (“we’re preserving our culture”).
I’m so sorry you had to go through that.
I mean the Taliban literally are born out of the US funding of mujahedeen Extremists. Afghanistan while clan based had a solid leader in the 70s
Nothing like letting the Taliban know “Oh yeah we are trying to take that back” on public channels so they can get everything nice and reinforced and ready for you and make it as much of a pain in the ass as possible.
Maybe he should go over there and take a look at it…? You know, inspect it for… reasons or whatever, just cuz?
