The militants of the terrorist movement “Taliban” (prohibited in Russia) seized the largest air base in Afghanistan by Bagram. It is reported by RIA Novosti with a reference to eyewitnesses.
Earlier, the American side handed over the air base of the Afghan military.
Taliban militants in the morning of August 15 entered the capital of Afghanistan. They took control of Kabul University in the west of Kabul and have already arrived at the presidential palace for negotiations with the authorities.
Over one of the metropolitan areas already raised flags “Taliban”. The transfer of power in should occur today, August 15, in the presidential palace. It is expected that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the coming hours will put off the authority.
The US military left the Bagram airbase in early July, without notifying her new commander. On the night for the second July, the light was suddenly extended, and the C-17A GlobeMaster III US Air Force was risamed into the sky. It was noted that before the Afghan army was able to take control of the airfield, which is approximately an hour from Kabul, marauders penetrated on it, which plundered the barracks and warehouses.