Afghanistan:US force leave Bagram airfield - despite warnings of looming civil war

US forces have left their main military base in Afghanistan - the hub for a 20-year mission against the Taliban and al Qaeda - in the clearest sign yet America's longest war is ending.

The sprawling Bagram airfield, about 40 miles north of Kabul, is being handed over to the Afghan security forces in a symbol of the US military's departure from a battlefield that's still raging, amid warnings of a looming civil war.

US President Joe Biden said earlier this year all of between 2,500 to 3,500 US troops in Afghanistan would leave by 11 September, the anniversary of the al Qaeda attacks on the United States in 2001 that prompted the US-led invasion in the first place.

However, it is clear the exit is happening at a much faster tempo, with expectations the majority of personnel will be out by around 4 July - this Sunday - as the US celebrates Independence Day.


An Afghan soldier stands guard at Bagram airbase as the last US troops pulled out
Image:An Afghan soldier stands guard at Bagram airbase as the last US troops pull out

A US official was quoted by the Associated Press as saying General Austin Miller, the top commander in Afghanistan, "still retains all the capabilities and authorities to protect the forces."

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