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Afghan forces surrender Bagram air base to Taliban

Updated on: 15 August,2021 12:00 AM IST  |  Kabul
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Bagram district chief Darwaish Raufi said Sunday that the surrender handed the one-time American base over to the insurgents

Afghan forces surrender Bagram air base to Taliban

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An Afghan official says forces at Bagram air base, home to a prison housing 5,000 inmates, have surrendered to the Taliban.


Bagram district chief Darwaish Raufi said Sunday that the surrender handed the one-time American base over to the insurgents.


The prison housed both Taliban and Islamic State group fighters.


It came as the Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul.

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