Pentagon says Afghan officials informed of US pullout from Bagram Airfield
NY Post
The Defense Department confirmed that it notified Afghan officials about pulling US forces from Bagram Airfield — but didn’t inform them of the exact timetable because of security concerns — as the Pentagon goes on defense after the sudden withdrawal allowed looters to run loose in the base and steal American military equipment.
“The specific conversation and coordination about the turnover of Bagram, the final conversations occurred about 48 hours prior. Obviously, for operational security reasons, we didn’t go into the exact hour at which all US forces would leave Bagram,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday. “As I’ve said from the outset, we have had to operate under the assumption that this drawdown could be contested at any time. And so we’re very careful about what we say and how — how much detail we provide out there, but there was coordination,” he said.More Related News
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