Bagram

British

/ ˈbæɡrəm /

noun

an air base in NE Afghanistan, near Kabul; now under the control of US forces

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North of the capital Kabul, air strikes "hit Bagram air base", according to a resident who AFP is not naming for security reasons.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

Disguised as an ambulance driver and with his nephew donning a nurse outfit, Halimi evaded multiple Taliban checkpoints en route to the U.S.-controlled airbase at Bagram.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025

The Taliban regularly parades US weapons, including at Bagram Airfield, which served as the main US-Nato base, and frame them as symbols of victory and legitimacy.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025

There was no provision to hang on to Bagram.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2024

As vice president, Biden in 2016 attended a dignified transfer for two U.S. soldiers killed in a suicide blast at Bagram Airfield.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

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