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{{see also|Biden junta}}
{{see also|Biden junta}}
The U.S. military abandoned the strategic Bagram Airfield in [[Afghanistan]] at 3:00 AM on July 2, 2021 without informing Afghan National Army forces who were due to take it over.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9758175/US-left-Afghan-airfield-night-didnt-tell-new-commander.html</ref> Gen. Mir Asadullah Kohistani of the Afghan Army said he only discovered the Americans had left two hours after they were gone when they called from Kabul airport. By the time Kohistani arrived with his troops, looters had carried away many items left behind by soldiers such as laptops, stereos, bicycles and guitars. Gen. Kohistani said troops left behind Bagram's 5,000 Taliban inmates, arms, ammunition, along with hundreds of armored military vehicles, such as Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) and thousands of civilian cars and trucks.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-left-behind-millions-of-things-at-key-base-2021-7</ref>
The U.S. military abandoned the strategic Bagram Airfield in [[Afghanistan]] at 3:00 AM on July 2, 2021 without informing Afghan National Army forces who were due to take it over.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9758175/US-left-Afghan-airfield-night-didnt-tell-new-commander.html</ref> Gen. Mir Asadullah Kohistani of the Afghan Army said he only discovered the Americans had left two hours after they were gone when they called from Kabul airport. By the time Kohistani arrived with his troops, looters had carried away many items left behind by soldiers such as laptops, stereos, bicycles and guitars. Gen. Kohistani said troops left behind Bagram's 5,000 Taliban inmates, arms, ammunition, along with hundreds of armored military vehicles, such as Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) and thousands of civilian cars and trucks.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-left-behind-millions-of-things-at-key-base-2021-7</ref> After closing Bagram, Biden assured President Ashraf Ghani on July 23, 2021.
{{quotebox-float|"we will continue to provide close air support, if we know what the plan is and what we are doing. And all the way through the end of August, and who knows what after that. We are also going to continue to make sure your air force is capable of continuing to fly and provide air support."<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/excerpts-call-between-joe-biden-ashraf-ghani-july-23-2021-08-31/</ref>}}
[[File:Bagram AFB July 2921.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The United States abandoned Bagram AFB at 3:00 AM on July 2, 2021 without telling the Afghan National Army. Looters broke in before the Taliban took it over. 5,000 Taliban were imprisoned there.]]
[[File:Bagram AFB July 2921.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The United States abandoned Bagram AFB at 3:00 AM on July 2, 2021 without telling the Afghan National Army. Looters broke in before the Taliban took it over. 5,000 Taliban were imprisoned there.]]
Hours after the Afghan government fell and president [[Ashraf Ghani]] fled to [[Tajikistan]] on August 15, 2021,<ref>Ashraf Ghani feared execution by the Taliban, and is said to have fled with $139 million dollars in suitcases.</ref> the Biden regime was given a choice by the Taliban to secure the entire city of Kabul or just the airport. The Biden regime told the Taliban they could have the city and the US would just secure the airport, according to ''[[The Washington Post]]:''
Hours after the Afghan government fell and president [[Ashraf Ghani]] fled to [[Tajikistan]] on August 15, 2021,<ref>Ashraf Ghani feared execution by the Taliban, and is said to have fled with $139 million dollars in suitcases.</ref> the Biden regime was given a choice by the Taliban to secure the entire city of Kabul or just the airport. The Biden regime told the Taliban they could have the city and the US would just secure the airport, according to ''[[The Washington Post]]:''