Bagram

The Taliban regularly parades US weapons, including at Bagram Airfield, which served as the main US-Nato base, and frame them as symbols of victory and legitimacy.

However, later scenes of the film, filmed one year later in August 2022, show a military parade at Bagram Air Base in front of the Afghan prime minister and minister of defence, with much of the US weaponry on triumphant display, as they host diplomatic visitors from countries including Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran.

There was no provision to hang on to Bagram.

He said that he and the Taliban leader had negotiated a “great plan” for U.S. withdrawal, but “the other guy”—meaning Biden—“gave him everything,” including Bagram Air Base.

Trump said he would have kept Bagram because of its proximity to China.