- President Trump said he is discussing regaining control of Bagram air base in Afghanistan
- Trump stated the US should never have given up control of the Bagram air base
- The US withdrew forces in 2021, leading to Taliban takeover of Bagram air base
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was speaking with Afghanistan about regaining control of the Bagram air base.
"We should have never given it up," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
The comments come a day after Trump, in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said the United States sought to regain control of the base used by American forces following the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The withdrawal of American forces in 2021 led to a takeover of the base by the Islamist Taliban movement.
Afghan officials expressed opposition to a revived U.S. presence.
"Afghanistan and the United States need to engage with one another ... without the United States maintaining any military presence in any part of Afghanistan," Zakir Jalal, an Afghan foreign ministry official, said in a post on X on Thursday.
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