Afghan forces surrender Bagram air base to Taliban

Updated : Aug 15, 2021 17:15
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Editorji News Desk

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.

Also Read US estimate of Taliban's Kabul takeover proves wrong, militants begin to march in to Afghan capital

The prison housed both Taliban and Islamic State group fighters. It came as the Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul. 

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