Overview

• Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid dismissed Donald Trump's assertion that Chinese troops are stationed at Bagram Airfield, labeling the claim as emotional and baseless.
• The Taliban maintains that Bagram remains under their control and denies any agreements with foreign countries involving the airfield.
• Trump criticized the Biden administration for the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, claiming it left behind billions of dollars in military equipment now used or sold by the Taliban.
• The Taliban refers to the abandoned U.S. equipment as 'spoils of war' and has stated it will use these resources to protect Afghanistan if necessary.
• Reports from 2021 suggested Chinese interest in Bagram, but no confirmed evidence of Chinese military presence at the airbase has surfaced since then.