U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday that “bad things” would happen if Afghanistan did not hand over control of Bagram’s air base to the United States and refused to rule out the troops’ mission to retake it.
“If Afghanistan did not return the air base to the people who built it, the United States of America, then bad things would happen,” Trump said in a truth social outpost.
trump card explain On Thursday, the United States had regained control of the bases used by the U.S. military after the September 11, 2001 attack. He told reporters on Friday that he was talking to Afghanistan.
In 2021, the withdrawal of US troops led to the takeover of US bases. U.S. support government top in Kabulby the Taliban movement.
Afghan officials expressed opposition to the restoration of the United States’ presence.
Current and former U.S. officials privately warn that the reoccupied Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan may eventually require more than 10,000 soldiers and deploy advanced air defense measures, just like a reinvasion of the country.
Trump has said before that the United States wants to acquire the Panama Canal to Greenlandhas been focusing on Bagram for many years.
When asked whether he would send U.S. troops to retake his boss on Saturday, Trump refused to answer directly: “We won’t talk about that.”
“We are talking to Afghanistan right now, we want it to come back, and we want it to come back immediately. If they don’t do that – if they don’t do that, you’ll find out what I’m going to do.”
During the September 11, 2001 war, the massive airport was the main base of the US military in Afghanistan, and was an al-Qaeda attack in New York and Washington.
The base once calculated fast food restaurants like Burger King and Pizza, and for the U.S. troops and stores selling from electronics to Afghan carpets. It also hosts a sprawling prison complex.
Experts say the massive air base will initially be difficult to secure and require a lot of manpower to operate and protect.
Even if the Taliban accepts negotiations for the re-occupation of the following U.S. efforts will need to defend many threats, including the terrorist ISIS and al-Qaeda militants in Afghanistan.
It may also be vulnerable to Iran’s advanced missile threats, Attacked major U.S. air bases The United States has been in Qatar in June Hit the Iranian nuclear site.
