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==Biden regime==
==Biden regime==
{{see also|Biden junta}}
{{see also|Biden junta}}
{{Anchor|Abandonment of Bagram}}
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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.
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>}}
{{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>}}