The U.S. military left Bagram Airfield without informing its new Afghan commander, Afghan military officials told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
While the U.S. announced its departure from Bagram on Friday after nearly 20 years operating the base, the new commander, General Mir Asadullah Kohistani, discovered the departure about two hours after American forces had left. Afghan military officials said the base was ransacked by looters before the country’s soldiers took full control.
“We [heard] some rumor that the Americans had left Bagram . . . and finally by seven o’clock in the morning, we understood that it was confirmed that they had already left Bagram,” Kohistani told the AP. U.S. military spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett referred the AP to a statement from last week, and did not directly comment on the allegation.
Afghan soldiers who were patrolling the perimeter of the base also said that U.S. forces left without informing them.
“In one night, they lost all the goodwill of 20 years by leaving the way they did, in the night, without telling the Afghan soldiers who were outside patrolling the area,” one soldier said.
Earlier this year, President Biden announced plans to withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan by September 11, after two decades of war.
“We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions for our withdrawal, expecting a different result,” Biden said at the time.
Concerns remain about the ability of Afghan forces to hold ground against Taliban militants, who have gained control of various districts in the country in recent weeks.
via nationalreview
I can’t believe that the troops that were at Bagram Airforce base left like that inthe middle of the night without telling the Afghan military; of course in a matter if hours the place was looted most likely by the Taliban, they left pretty much everything there. Biden is trying his best to destroy this country from all angles; however he can he has sold his f–k–g soul to the devil , and I would really like to wrap his a$$ in the flag so he would like stroke out!! We did need to pull out but not entirely, this region is still too unstable and what about the people, American people who were left behind at the embassy and the Afghan people who helped us understand and translate the language!! This is deplorable to say the least , this administration can’t continue down this path of destruction, the destruction of OUR country!!! He really needs to be impeached along with Harris , Piglosi, Shiff, Schumer, Cheney, Romney, AOC, Omhar and all the other psychos..WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING US….. We need to continue to not bow down to these Commies…!!😡