SRINAGAR : Afghanistan has firmly ruled out any deal to return Bagram Air Base to the United States, following comments by former US President Donald Trump expressing his desire to regain control of the former military hub, reports Aljazeera . Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Fasihuddin Fitrat, chief of staff at Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence, as per Reuters said on Sunday that “a deal over even an inch of Afghanistan’s soil is not possible” and dismissed reports of negotiations to hand back the base. An official statement later reinforced that “Afghanistan’s independence and territorial integrity are of the utmost importance.”

Bagram, located north of Kabul, was the largest US air base in Afghanistan and a central hub during America’s 20-year war against

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