Report: Chinese Military Planes Seen Landing at Abandoned US Airbase in Afghanistan


For the first time since Joe Biden and General Milley abandoned US forces and 3.5 million items (not a typo) from Bagram Air Base – lights at Bagram were turned on Saturday.

Just hours after images showing restored power emerged on social media, multiple reports of Chinese military planes arriving at the airport began circulating.

It comes after Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center think tank, said China would likely be very interested in occupying the airbase following the US pullout.

US forces in Afghanistan abandoned their main base at Bagram airport overnight in July – shutting off the lights and slipping away into the night without telling government forces who were supposed to take it over.

Images circulating on social media appear to show the airbase’s floodlights blazing in the distance for the first time since US forces abandoned the base in July

It comes after Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center think tank, said China would likely be very interested in occupying the airbase following the US pullout 

The military airfield, located roughly an hour from Kabul, was first established by the Soviets during their own occupation of Afghanistan, after which it was seized by US forces and used as one of their main operating bases for 20 years.

According to U.S. News & World Report, China has been considering sending military personnel and economic development officials to Bagram airbase, and has conducted a ‘feasibility study’ on the effect of such a plan as part of its ‘Belt and Road Initiative’.

A move to occupy Bagram airbase would go towards strengthening relations with the Taliban and further embarrassing America.

The report was denied by a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson.

‘What I can tell everyone is that that is a piece of purely false information,’ Wang Wenbin told reporters last month.

The Communist country, led by President Xi Jinping, has reportedly conducted a feasibility study on the effect of such a plan as part of its ‘Belt and Road Initiative’

According to the Afghanistan Times, the Taliban have rejected the notion that the Chinese military has occupied the base

According to the Afghanistan Times, the Taliban have rejected the notion that the Chinese military has occupied the base

Other theories indicate that either the Taliban or the NRF could have illuminated the base, but the Taliban are not thought to posses the equipment or expertise to do so

Other theories indicate that either the Taliban or the NRF could have illuminated the base, but the Taliban are not thought to posses the equipment or expertise to do so

Former American Ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley seemed to predict something like this in the wake of the United States’ departure.

‘We need to watch China, because I think you are going to see China make a move for Bagram Air Force Base,’ said Haley in an interview with Fox News as she made the case for reconnecting with allies who felt let down by a precipitous withdrawal.

‘I think they are also making a move in Afghanistan and trying to use Pakistan to get stronger to go against India.

Source: US News, Dailymail



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