{"id":565,"date":"2025-09-21T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:48:34","slug":"taliban-reject-trump-push-for-bagram-air-base-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/taliban-reject-trump-push-for-bagram-air-base-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban reject Trump push for Bagram Air Base return"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Taliban on Sunday rejected President Trump\u2019s push<\/a> to regain control<\/a> of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, saying the U.S. should adopt \u201ca policy of realism and rationality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been consistently communicated to the United States in all bilateral negotiations that, for the Islamic Emirate, Afghanistan\u2019s independence and territorial integrity are of the utmost importance,\u201d Taliban deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in an official statement<\/a> posted on the social platform X.<\/p>\n

He noted the Taliban \u201cseeks constructive relations with all state on the basis of mutual and shared interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fitrat pointed to U.S. commitments under the Doha agreement \u2014 which Trump aides negotiated in his first term to end the U.S. presence in Afghanistan \u2014 not to \u201cuse or threaten force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Afghanistan, nor interfere in its internal affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is necessary that they remain faithful to their commitments,\u201d Fitrat said. \u201cAccordingly, it is once again underscored that, rather than repeating past failed approaches, a policy of realism and rationality should be adopted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump in recent days has suggested the U.S. wants to wrest back control of Bagram Air Base.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Afghanistan doesn\u2019t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!,\u201d Trump wrote<\/a> on his Truth Social platform on Saturday.<\/p>\n

During a joint press conference in Great Britain with that country\u2019s prime minister, Trump said the U.S. was \u201ctrying to get it back\u201d because the Taliban needed things from the United States.<\/p>\n

He also highlighted the base\u2019s proximity to China.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut one of the reasons we want that base is, as you know, it\u2019s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. So a lot of things are happening,\u201d the president said during the presser.<\/p>\n

Bagram was once the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in that country, the longest conflict in American history. It was abandoned in 2021 when the Biden administration withdrew U.S. forces from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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