Taliban Rejects Trump’s Demand to Return Bagram Airbase, Speaks of Prolonged Resistance

The Taliban movement confirmed its rejection of U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand to regain control of the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, indicating their readiness to resist any foreign military intervention for a prolonged period that could last up to twenty years.

The group’s statements came in response to Trump’s desire to meet with its leaders, emphasizing their rejection of any external interference in the country’s internal affairs and stressing that the return of foreign forces to Afghanistan is “absolutely unacceptable.”