KARACHI, Pakistan >> Taliban officials late Thursday rejected a suggestion by President Donald Trump that the United States might regain control of the last major base it abandoned during its withdrawal from Afghanistan, but they left open the possibility of talks to improve ties between the two countries.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was speaking with Afghanistan about regaining control of the Bagram air base.

US President Donald Trump suggested that his administration was negotiating with the Taliban for US forces to once again occupy the base outside of Kabul, which was abandoned in 2021 shortly before the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan.

The New York Times reports Taliban officials are slapping aside suggestions by President Donald Trump that the United States might regain control of the Bagram Air Base, in Afghanistan.“We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us,” Trump told reporters at a Thursday news conference ...

The United States is in discussions with the Taliban about re-establishing a small US military presence at Afghanistan's Bagram air base as a launch point for counterterrorism operations, the Wall...