U.S. Shuts Down Bagram Air Base as Afghanistan Pullout Speeds Up

The U.S. military has withdrawn from the Bagram Air Field northeast of Kabul, the centerpiece of its operations in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years, as the pullout of remaining American forces speeds up amid a worsening security crisis.

U.S. officials say that all American forces, along with weaponry, vehicles and other equipment, have left Bagram, and the U.S.’s largest military installation in Afghanistan is now closed. This leaves only the coalition headquarters compound inside Kabul as the remaining American military outpost in Afghanistan, with several hundred U.S. troops assigned there.