US President Donald Trump has demanded the return of former American airbase from Afghanistan. On this demand of Trump, a defense official of the Taliban government in Afghanistan said on Sunday (September 21, 2025) that it is not possible to have any agreement on Bagram Airbase.

Bagram is the largest airbase in Afghanistan, north of the capital Kabool and was the center of all his campaigns against the airbase Taliban during the 20 -year long war.

Trump warns Taliban government

In fact, US President Donald Trump has threatened the Taliban government of Afghanistan that the US will take strict action against Afghanistan if it is not returned to it. Whereas four years ago, American soldiers left it.

The 79 -year -old US President wrote in a post on his Truth Social Platform, ‘If Afghanistan does not return the Bagram airbase to those who (America), he will have to face bad consequences. !!!’

Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry official made a statement

On this demand of Trump, Fasihuddin Fitrat, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan, gave a statement to the local media, saying, “Some people want to withdraw this airbase through an agreement.” He said, ‘Recently some people have said that they are talking to Afghanistan to withdraw Bagram airbase. But we do not lose even an inch of land of Afghanistan for any one deal and we do not even need it.

Afghan government issued a statement threatened

After this, the Taliban government of Afitistan also issued an official statement in this regard, saying, “Afghanistan’s independence and regional integrity are the most important.”

Trump has criticized this decision several times

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the losing US rights on Bagram Airbase. This airbase becomes very important for America given the proximity with China. Donald Trump on Thursday (September 18, 2025) raised the talk of taking it back to the US for the first time during the UK visit to the UK.

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US President Donald Trump has warned that if Afghanistan does not give back the control of Bagram Airbase to the US, then there will be serious consequences. Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, “If Afghanistan Bagram Airbase does not give it to those who made it, that is, America will have bad things.”

Trump had also said earlier that the US wants control of this base used by American forces after the September 11, 2001 attacks. On Friday (September 19), he told reporters that talks are going on with Afghan officials on this issue. The airbase went into the hands of the Taliban movement after American soldiers moved from Afghanistan in 2021.

Afghan officials have already opposed the revival of American military presence. Afghan Foreign Ministry official Zakir Jalal said on X (East Twitter), “Afghanistan and America should talk to each other but America does not need to maintain military presence in any part of Afghanistan.”

“We want Bagram back”

At a meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Kir Starmer, US President Trump said that his administration is trying to get back the control of Bagram Airbase. He explained the main reason behind this to be closest to China’s nuclear weapons. Trump called it a complete disaster under the administration of former President Joe Biden and said that the Biden administration messed up with the US Army’s long war.

Trump said, “We are trying to get it back. We want this base back because Afghan authorities need us. We want that base back and one of the reasons is that it is only one hour away from China’s nuclear weapons construction site.”

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US President Donald Trump recently claimed that the US is trying to regain control over the Bagram airbase of Afghanistan, which has created a possibility of increasing regional tension. Located about 40 km from Kabul, this base was the largest military base before the US in 2021 from Afghanistan. Trump said that this base has strategic importance as it is close to the nuclear weapon manufacturing centers in Xinjiang, China.

He said in a press conference with Britain’s Prime Minister Kir Stmper, ‘We are trying to get it back. We gave it unnecessarily (to the Taliban). Bagram is fine from where China makes its nuclear missile and from there it is just one hour away.

China’s strict response
China objected to this statement of Trump. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that such actions will increase tension in the area and create instability. Beijing insisted that the future and security of Afghanistan will decide the people there and not external military intervention.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lynn Gian said, ‘China respects Afghanistan’s regional integrity and sovereignty. No one will get support from inciting tension in the area. We hope that all sides will play a creative role in regional stability.

Afghanistan also rejected the proposal
Afghanistan also dismissed Trump’s proposal outright. Foreign Ministry official Zakir Jalal said on social media that Kabul is ready to talk to America, but in any case, the US Army will not be allowed to make a hideout in Afghanistan. He wrote, ‘Afghanistan and America should carry forward political and economic relations on the basis of mutual respect and shared interests, but American military presence will not be tolerated in any part.’

What is Bagram Airbase?
Bagram Airbase is a huge military hideout, which was left by American troops in 2021, when the US had suddenly returned from Afghanistan on the order of the then President Joe Biden and at the same time the Taliban captured Kabul.