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They didn t dig in depth on this. think about three simple things. bagram was the center of air support for the afghan government which is what kept the taliban in check. when we ended our air opations and withdrew from bagram we removed a big block to the taliban rushing through the country. second of all, it was the center for intelligence collection. you remove that place that was really essential to that and you will have a diminution of the amount of intelligence you get. morale. when we abandoned bagram we did so overnight without letting a single afghan know we were leaving. what do you think that did to morale among the afghan fighting forces and afghan government? the previous administration had an agreement. that agreement was already being violated by the taliban. the three times during president trump s last year in office the department of defense inspector general said the taliban and al qaeda were working hand in glove in ....