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Bagram

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/ ˈbæɡrəm /

noun

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

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Bagram

Two residents told AFP on Sunday that they heard air strikes in Bagram, north of the capital.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

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

In 2006, he published "Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantánamo, Bagram, and Kandahar," an early account of the injustices and cruelties in America's war-on-terror prisons.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

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