Afghanistan Peace CampaignTrump stressed that American forces should have been stationed at Bagram Air Base instead of Kabul airport.
Four years after the deadly attack at Kabul airport, questions and criticism over how the United States withdrew from Afghanistan remain unresolved inside the country.
Donald Trump, strongly criticizing former U.S. Former President Joe Biden, described the withdrawal from Afghanistan as “the most embarrassing day in the history” of the U.S.
Trump stressed that American forces should have been stationed at Bagram Air Base instead of Kabul airport.
He said: “They were in the wrong place. Bagram was the place to be, a big, massive airfield with hundreds of acres surrounding it. Nobody can get near it. And who would not have done that? But we had a bunch of incompetent people running our country.”
The former president also emphasized that he intended to keep Bagram Air Base.
Trump once again claimed that China has taken over the base.
He added: “We would have kept Bagram, which is the air base, one of the largest runways in the world, one of the most powerful. You can land anything on it, many, many feet thick. You don’t build them that way anymore. You can’t. But we left it and now China is occupying that air base. This was the most incompetent administration in history. The Biden administration.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. Secretary of Defense also emphasized that reviews regarding the withdrawal are underway.
Pete Hegseth said these reviews will be completed by mid-2026.
The U.S. Defense Secretary stated: “Sean Parnell, an Afghanistan vet is leading it and we’re doing it on behalf of the American people. So I would anticipate, middle of 2026. That’s how thorough of you were doing hopefully a little bit sooner, but we’re going to everything in understanding what happened.”
On August 26, 2021, during the final days of America’s presence in Afghanistan, an explosion occurred at the gate of Kabul International Airport, killing more than 100 Afghan civilians and 13 U.S. soldiers.