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Ward exclusive access to a former u.s. base that they now hold and its raising some really disturbing questions about what america achieved in 20 years of conflict there. >> reporter: this is what remains of the u.s. presence in much of afghanistan. the hollowed out skeletons of sprawling military bases now under the control of the taliban. once there were hundreds of u.s. and nato troops in these provinces. the last americans left a couple of years ago but their memory still lurks, ghost like. ...

American bases taking over. a&a, reports of them being killed and murdered and war atrocities committed all over the place. weve been doing this for 20 years. >> either a lack of will or leadership in afghanistan and that too is to blame?

Weeks ago when their food ran out, leaving weapons and ammunition and more. when the americans were here, were you and your men attacking this base a lot? >> translator: yes. many times, we attacked this base when america was here. we did operations. we were using ieds. the americans had their helicopters, weapons, and tanks on the ground. we mujahadin resisted very well. >> reporter: now they roam through whats left of the tactical operations center. anything of value will be stripped down and ...

Many times we attacked this space when america was here. we did operations. we were using ieds. the americans had their helicopters, weapons and tanks on the ground. we resisted very well. >> reporter: now they roam through the tactical center. anything of value will be stripped down and sold. walking through whats left of these american bases, you have to ask yourself, what was it all for? americas great experiment with nation building now vanished into dust. >> its our believe that one day we ...

When america was here. we did operations. we were using ieds. the americans had their helicopters, weapons and tanks on the ground. resisted very well. >> reporter: now they roam through whats left of the tactical operation center. anything of value will be stripped down and sold. walking through whats left of these american bases, you have to ask yourself, what was it all for? americas great experience with natio nation-building, now vanishing into dust. >> its our belief that islamic law will ...

>> reporter: this is what remains of the u.s. presence in much of afghanistan. the hollowed out skeletons of sprawling military bases now under the control of the taliban. once there were hundreds of u.s. and nato troops at andar and ganzny province. its ghost-like. the taliban granted permission to the flim maker. were arriving at a base and i can see a large number of vehicles over there. according it the taliban, afghan forces surrendered three weeks

Heres her exclusive report. >> reporter: this is what remains of the u.s. presence in much of afghanistan. the hollowed-out skeletons of sprawling military bases now under the control of the taliban. once there were hundreds of u.s. and nato troops in gazny province. the last americans left a couple of years ago, but their memory still lurks, ghost-like. its just so strange to see this, you know? the taliban granted access to cnn along with award-winning afghan filmmaker nagi bullakareshi, keen ...

They dont want a negotiated settlement that want to share power at an ally people cannot get that in their head were on a completely different page from where the taliban are. paul: think of the complete consequences we know that catastrophe but what about us interest? >> we have serious damage to our interest in the region we are pulling out seven military bases from the region russia, china and iran are on the region two of them are neighbors of afghanistan will be the beneficiaries of that. a...

Sprawling military bases now under the control of the taliban. once, there were hundreds of u.s. and nato troops in gozni province. last americans left a couple of years ago but their memories still lurks, ghost-like. just so strange to see this, you know? the taliban granted access to cnn along with award winning afghan filmmaker. keen to show off the spoils of war. so were just arriving at another u.s. base and already, i can see a large number of military vehicles over there. according to the...

When the food ran out, leaving weapons, ammunition and more. when the americans were here were you and your men attacking this base a lot? >> translator: yes, many times, we attacked this base when america was here. we did operations. we were using ieds, the americans had their helicopters and tanks on the ground we resisted very well. >> reporter: now, they roam through whats left of the tactical operation center. anything of value will be stripped down and sold. >> walking through whats left o...