{"id":43484,"date":"2021-05-26T18:26:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T18:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/26\/taliban-warns-departing-us-military-against-new-bases-in-region\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:59:44","slug":"taliban-warns-departing-us-military-against-new-bases-in-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/05\/26\/taliban-warns-departing-us-military-against-new-bases-in-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban warns departing US military against new bases in region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD \u2014 The Taliban on Wednesday warned the departing U.S. military against setting up bases in the region, and Pakistan vowed no American bases will be allowed on its territory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan also said drone strikes from Pakistani territory were also a non-starter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statements come amid speculation the United States, as it withdraws the last of its 2,500 to 3,500 soldiers from Afghanistan, will want a nearby locale from which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/19\/top-us-general-in-the-mideast-to-recommend-post-withdrawal-plan-for-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">to launch strikes against militant targets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/05\/19\/top-us-general-in-the-mideast-to-recommend-post-withdrawal-plan-for-afghanistan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21112767330689.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Top US general in the Mideast to recommend post-withdrawal plan for Afghanistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, said negotiations with Afghanistan&#039;s neighbors for overflight rights and troop basing are \u201cmoving forward\u201d but will take time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The warning also comes during stepped-up efforts to jump-start<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/04\/21\/us-backed-peace-conference-for-afghanistans-warring-sides-postponed-as-taliban-balk\/\" target=\"_blank\"> stalled peace talks<\/a> between the government and the Taliban, possibly in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Pakistan and the Middle Eastern State of Qatar have been pressing the Taliban to attend talks in Turkey. U.N.-sponsored talks were to have been held last month in Turkey but the Taliban refused to take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday told Pakistan\u2019s Senate the country would not allow American bases on its territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cForget the past, but I want to tell the Pakistanis that no U.S. base will be allowed by Prime Minister Imran Khan so long he is in power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/05\/23\/much-about-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-is-unclear\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21142464297897.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Explainer: Much about US withdrawal from Afghanistan is unclear<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Biden administration acknowledges that a full troop withdrawal is not without risks, but it argues waiting for a better time is a recipe for never leaving.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Pakistan opened four air bases to the U.S.-led coalition to aid in its efforts in Afghanistan to hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the attacks and unseat the Taliban rulers who had given them safe haven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his April speech announcing an end to America\u2019s \u201cforever war,\u201d President Joe Biden said Washington would hold the Taliban and the government to its commitments to ensure Afghanistan could not again be used as a staging arena to attack the American homeland or its allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will not take our eye off the terrorist threat,\u201d said Biden. \u201cWe will reorganize our counterterrorism capabilities and the substantial assets in the region to prevent re-emergence of terrorist threat to our homeland over the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232965184.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232965184.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232965184.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232965184.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232965184.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232965184.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An NH90 transport helicopter of the Bundeswehr, Germany&#8217;s armed forces, stands in the front of a plane Antonov AN-124 for military transport arriving from Afghanistan at Leizpig Airport on May 18, 2021, in Leipzig, Germany. (Jens Schlueter\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S., along with about 7,000 NATO forces, will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11 at the latest. In a statement earlier this week, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/23\/centcom-commander-as-us-scales-back-in-mideast-china-may-step-in\/\" target=\"_blank\"> U.S. Central Command<\/a> said it had completed about 25 percent of its withdrawal. The logistics of withdrawing are tremendous and according to the CENTCOM statement departing troops have already packed military equipment on to 160 C-17 cargo aircraft and shipped them back to America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides airlifting its supplies, the United States is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/05\/11\/centcom-is-releasing-drawdown-updates-but-they-dont-include-troop-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\">moving equipment out of Afghanistan <\/a>through Central Asia and Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/12\/dod-stays-mum-on-regional-troop-presence-plans-after-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/297215.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">DoD stays mum on regional troop presence plans after Afghanistan withdrawal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military officials say they will be able to respond to terrorism threats in Afghanistan even without troops on the ground there, but details are scarce.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their statement, the Taliban warned against neighboring countries allowing its territory to be used as a staging area for America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGod forbid such a step is taken, it will be a great historic mistake and disgrace, its shame will go in history,\u201d said the statement. \u201cAs we have repeatedly assured others our soil will not be used against anyone\u2019s security, we urge others not to use its soil and airspace against our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Tameem Akhgar in Kabul, Afghanistan contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S., along with about 7,000 NATO forces, will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11. 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