Taliban rejects Donald Trump’s proposal to retake Bagram Air Base, controlled by the US for nearly 20 years.

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The Taliban rejected Donald Trump‘s proposal to retake Bagram Air Base on Sunday, September 21st. Four years after the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Taliban Chief Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said they will adopt a policy of realism and rationality.

Bagram Air Base was a strategic location in Afghanistan and served as a staging post for U.S. air activity in the country, where American helicopters and other military equipment were left. In 2021, after the withdrawal of U.S. troops, the Taliban took control of the base and subsequently paraded U.S.-made helicopters abandoned by U.S. forces.

Afghanistan has an economy-oriented foreign policy and sought constructive relations with all states based on mutual and shared interests. It had been consistently communicated to the U.S. in all bilateral negotiations that Afghanistan’s independence and territorial integrity were of the utmost importance, said Zabihullah Mujahid published in X. “It should be recalled that, under the Doha Agreement, the United States pledged that ‘it will not use or threaten force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Afghanistan, nor interfere in its internal affairs”, said Zabihullah Mujahid. The US needs to remain true to its commitments, he added.