2021-07-25 11:57
The US military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base s new commander said.
General Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 03:00 local time on Friday, and that the Afghan military found out hours later.
Bagram also contains a prison, and there are reportedly up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners left in the facility.
The Taliban have been advancing rapidly in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw.
General Kohistani said on Monday that Afghan forces were expecting the Taliban to attack Bagram.
Speaking to reporters at the airbase, he said he was already receiving reports the group was making movements in rural areas nearby.
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The US military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base s new commander said.
US soldiers disembark from a helicopter at Bagram Air Base on March 12, 2002.
Photo: AFP / Roslan Rahman
General Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 0300 local time on Friday, and that the Afghan military found out hours later.
Bagram also contains a prison, and there are reportedly up to 5000 Taliban prisoners left in the facility.
The Taliban have been advancing rapidly in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw.
Kohistani said on Monday that Afghan forces were expecting the Taliban to attack Bagram.