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Bagram Airfield-BAF, also known as Bagram Air Base [3] (IATA: OAI, ICAO: OAIX), is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It is under the Afghan Ministry of Defense .
National Airlines Flight 102 (N8102/NCR102) was a cargo flight operated by National Airlines between Camp Shorabak (formerly Camp Bastion) near the city of Lashkargah in Afghanistan and Al Maktoum Airport in Dubai, with a refueling stop at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
In the early morning of December 11, 2019, the Taliban attacked Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by the United States military. The attackers used a VBIED garbage truck with 25,000 lb of home-made explosives which killed two civilians and injured 80 others.
The Taliban hold a military parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan, at the Bagram Air Base, in Bagram, Parwan province, Aug. 14, 2024.
The withdrawal from the airfield is the clearest indication that U.S. troops have left the country or are nearing a departure, months ahead of the departure deadline set by President Biden.
The U.S. military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without telling the Afghans, the base's new commander said.
The 2016 Bagram bombing took place on November 12, 2016, when a suicide bomber managed to penetrate the security layer of Bagram Airfield, which was at the time the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan located about 45 km north of Kabul, detonating his vest near a group of soldiers who were en route to Modern Army Combatives Training.
In just a matter of days, the last U.S. soldiers will depart Bagram. American officials have said the entire pullout of U.S. troops will most likely be completely finished by July 4.