Bagram Airfield-BAF
- July 5, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Bagram Airfield-BAF
Subject: International Relations
Context: The US departure from Bagram has already raised the stakes in Afghanistan. With the Taliban on the move, uncertainty and anxiety have returned to the land.
Concept:
- Bagram Airfield-BAF also known as Bagram Air Base was the largest S. military base in Afghanistan.
- It is located next to the ancient city of Bagram, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. The airbase near the town of Bagram is a little over 60 km north of Kabul.
- It has always been a military base. The Soviets built the airstrip in the 1950s.
- Bagram airfield was the site of several military encounters and anepicentre of US ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan in the backdrop of 9/11 terror attacks.
- Testimony to the importance of Bagram has been the visits by US Presidents since 9/11.
- Bagram airfield has now been handed over to Afghan National Security and Defense Force.