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Bagram (/ b ə ɡ r ɑː m /; Pashto/Persian: بگرام) is a town and seat in Bagram District in Parwan Province of Afghanistan, about 60 kilometers north of the capital Kabul. It is the site of an ancient city located at the junction of the Ghorband and Panjshir Valley , near today's city of Charikar , Afghanistan.
Famous figures from the Bagrami district ranged from politicians, officers and to businessmen. A famous figure from the Bagrami district was former and highly respected Afghan Parliamentarian Haji Abdul Rasul from the village of Shewaki, who served in the 1960s National Assembly of Afghanistan so called the Wolesi Jirga under the constitutional monarchy of former King Mohammad Zahir Shah.
Bagrami is a village on the eastern fringes of Kabul at and 1797 m altitude, part of municipal District 12 and partly in District The population is 31,680 (2007 calculation).
Bagram Airfield-BAF, also known as Bagram Air Base [3] (IATA: OAI, ICAO: OAIX), is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It is under the Afghan Ministry of Defense .
Kandahar has been a major center for American and Canadian forces and in mid-2009 underwent a major build-up of US/Coalition forces. Bagram Air Base: Charikar, Parwan Province: Established in the 1950s, Bagram is the largest military air base in Afghanistan. It was a primary center for U.S. and allied forces for cargo, helicopter, and support ...
Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield in the country, advancing a final withdrawal that the ...
Bagram (Persian: بگرام) is a district of Parwan province, Afghanistan. Its seat lies at Bagram , which lies about 60 kilometers north of the capital of Kabul . It borders Kabul District to the south, Shinwari District to the east, and Chaharikar District to the north.
The withdrawal from the airfield is the clearest indication that U.S. troops have left the country or are nearing a departure, months ahead of the departure deadline set by President Biden.