Kabul (HRNW) All US and NATO troops have left Bagram Air Base, a US defense official told Friday, signaling the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan was imminent.
“All coalition forces are off Bagram,” the official – who asked not to be identified – said without specifying when the last US and NATO troops left the base, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kabul.
He did not say when the base will be officially handed over to Afghan forces.
The US military and NATO are in the final stages of winding up 20 years of military involvement in Afghanistan, bringing home the remaining troops by a deadline of September 11.
The Taliban have launched relentless offensives across Afghanistan in the past two months, gobbling up dozens of districts as Afghan security forces have largely consolidated their power in the vicinity of the country’s major urban areas.
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