Bagram Airfield was the gateway to Afghanistan for a generation of U.S. service members. The last U.S. troops quietly withdrew from the base in July 2021, shortly before the Taliban took control of the entire country.

Now the United States may be seeking to reclaim Bagram Airfield from the Taliban, President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

“We were going to keep Bagram, the big air base, one of the biggest air bases in the world,” Trump said. “We gave it to them for nothing. We’re trying to get it back, by the way, okay? That could be a little breaking news.”

The topic came up as President Trump spoke with reporters during a news conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London. Trump described the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 as a “total disaster.”

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