The lights suddenly went out all over the base, and a C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft of the US Air Force rose into the sky. So, on the night of July 2, the last American military left the Bagram air Base. Just as suddenly and without notifying Kabul, as they appeared here 20 years ago.
There was no transfer ceremony. Looters immediately appeared at the base, followed by local security forces. Up to 100 thousand soldiers were at the air base during the peak years of the operation against the Taliban.
The Pentagon has left more than 1,000 vehicles at the facility, including dozens of armored vehicles.
In fact, the best hospital in the whole country, according to the telegram channel “Military Observer”, he also remained at the base. Expensive medical equipment, according to local officials, will function.
Radar systems and communications equipment for monitoring the air situation were put back into operation by local specialists. Now the largest military facility in Afghanistan is under the control of government forces, who do not have a clear plan for using the base.