on Friday 14 May, 2021
US withdraws from major Kandahar base in southern Afghanistan: Afghan officials
A U.S. soldier stands guard near a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft sitting on the tarmac at Kandahar Air Base. (File photo: Reuters)
The United States has completed its withdrawal from Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan, once the second largest military base in the country for US forces, officials said on Friday.
“They have not officially handed over the base to us but I can confirm they left the base on Wednesday,” said Khoja Yaya Alawi, a spokesman for the Afghan army in Kandahar.
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