‘Not possible’: Trump wants Bagram back, but Afghan Taliban official says US deal is off the table
A Taliban flag flutters near telecom equipment installed over a rooftop providing internet services overlooking Hazrat-e-Ali Shrine, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Sharif on September 16, 2025, as the Taliban administration banned fibre-optic internet in Balkh province. — AFP pic
Sunday, 21 Sep 2025 6:15 PM MYT
KABUL, Sept 21 — An Afghan Taliban government official said today that a deal over Bagram air base was “not possible”, after US President Donald Trump said he wanted the former US base back.
Trump threatened the country yesterday with unspecified punishment, just days after he raised the idea of the United States retaking control of the base while on a state visit to the United Kingdom.
“If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!” the 79-year-old leader wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Today, Fasihuddin Fitrat, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defence, said “some people” want to take back the base through a “political deal”.
“Recently, some people have said that they have entered negotiations with Afghanistan for taking back Bagram Air base,” he said in comments broadcast by local media.
“A deal over even an inch of Afghanistan’s soil is not possible. We don’t need it.”
Bagram, the largest air base in Afghanistan, was a linchpin of the US-led war effort against the Taliban, whose government Washington toppled following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
US and Nato troops chaotically pulled out of Bagram in July 2021 as part of a Trump-brokered deal with Taliban insurgents.
The loss of crucial air power saw the Afghan military collapse just weeks later and the Taliban sweep back to power. — AFP
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Malu lah! Frigging Clown behaves like a kampong bully - believes he can push his way around - he needs to meet people like the Taliban & Houthi
No problem. Trump can confiscate the $7 billion held in the Federal Reserve, as payment for Baghram and the military equipment left behind.
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Afghanistan under Taliban ISN'T all bad bad news.
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There r national & citizenry issues that the Taliban has done RIGHT. It's and ongoing prices!
The Yank wants to return to Afghanistan bcoz a decently administrated Afghan administration would strengthen its position of control. This is a geopolitical nightmare that the yank would want to avoid at am costs!
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