New Delhi: India, Russia, China and a number of other countries including Pakistan and Iran Tuesday jointly opposed the US’s demand of the return of Bagram air base in Afghanistan to its control.

“They [countries present at the Moscow Format] called unacceptable the attempts by countries to deploy their military infrastructure in Afghanistan and neighboring states, since this does not serve the interests of regional peace and stability,” read the joint statement published by the Russian foreign ministry.

US President Donald J. Trump during a joint press briefing with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer last month said that he “wants” the Bagram air base back. Days later he promised that “bad things will happen” if the Taliban did not return the air base. The Soviet-era air base was set up b

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