Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Asia Pacific Log in Today’s Paper Asia Pacific | U.S. Leaves Its Last Afghan Base, Effectively Ending Operations https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/02/world/asia/afghanistan-bagram-us-withdrawal.html U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan What to Know Key Questions for Afghanistan On the Front Line Security Forces Surrender Photos Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story With little fanfare, Bagram Air Base — once the military’s nerve center — was handed over to the Afghans, after nearly 20 years of waging war from the hub. An American soldier in 2019 at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Credit... Erin Schaff/The New York Times By Thomas Gibbons-Neff July 2, 2021 Updated 5:46 p.m. ET KABUL, Afghanistan — American troops and their Western allies have departed the U.S. military base that coordinat...