President Donald Trump revealed during a joint press conference on Thursday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the U.S. is working on regaining control of Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

"We're trying to get it back," said Trump. "We're trying to get it back because [the Taliban] need[s] things from us."

The Soviets built the airfield 27 miles north of Kabul and 400 miles west of China in the 1950s and controlled it until their withdrawal from the country in the late 1980s. After overthrowing the previous Taliban regime in 2001, the United States took control of the base and made massive improvements.

'It's exactly one hour away from where China makes its nuclear missiles.'

During the Biden administration's botched withdrawal f

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