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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 .
Bagram Air Base was established by the U.S. in the 1950s. [5] [6] It was used by the Soviet Red Army during the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War. [7] [8] The airfield included large hangars that fell into disrepair amidst the 1990s civil war. After removal of the Taliban and formation of the Karzai administration, the U.S. took control of the base. It ...
The historic Soviet-built air strip was the main base for American forces in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks up until their 2021 withdrawal led to the takeover by the Islamist ...
The U.S. military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without telling the Afghans, the base's new commander said.
The Taliban hold a military parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan, at the Bagram Air Base, in Bagram, Parwan province, Aug. 14, 2024.
February 27, 2007 – An American supply worker was killed by a suicide bomber at Bagram Air Base. [16] [better source needed] March 8, 2007 – A German aid worker was shot and killed in Shar-e-Pul province. [38] He was worked for Deutsche Welthungerhilfe. [39] April 17, 2007 – Four Nepalese PMCs were killed by a roadside bomb in Kabul. [40]
In the early morning of December 11, 2019, the Taliban attacked Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by the United States military. The attackers used a VBIED garbage truck with 25,000 lb of home-made explosives which killed two civilians and injured 80 others. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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.