Overview

• Trump warned on Truth Social that “bad things will happen” if Afghanistan does not return control of Bagram to the United States.
• The president told reporters the U.S. is “talking with Afghanistan” about the facility, but no military orders, timeline, or interlocutors have been disclosed.
• Taliban defense official Fasihuddin Fitrat rejected any deal to cede territory, saying even “an inch” of Afghan soil is not negotiable.
• The Afghan government issued a communiqué affirming that national independence and territorial integrity are paramount.
• Bagram, built in the 1950s with Soviet assistance and later expanded by the U.S., served as the main U.S./NATO hub until 2021 and remains under Taliban control.