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US left Afghan airfield at night, didn't tell new commander | AP News

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  • Jul 5, 2021
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Kathy Gannon
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BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the bas... Show More

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base's new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans' departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military officials said.

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Eric Weinstein @ericrweinstein · Aug 27, 2021
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Rereading this from over a month ago. My thought at the time was something like “I must not be getting this.”
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