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How Iran, China, and Russia Would React to a US Return to Bagram Air Base
A limited return to Afghanistan would confer immense advantages to Washington while triggering second-order geopolitical ...
Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base is about 1,200 miles from an old Chinese nuclear test range, but controlling the base would require the reentry of U.S. personnel into Afghanistan.
Taliban rejects Trump’s demand to return Bagram Air Base, citing Afghanistan’s sovereignty under the Doha Agreement. Trump warns “bad things” could follow if the US doesn’t regain control.
The U.S. left Bagram air base in 2021 ahead of its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the subsequent Taliban takeover.
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