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U.S. Forces Leave Bagram Airbase In Afghanistan

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After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military has left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

This effectively means there are only a few hundred U.S. troops left in Afghanistan.

Here & Now's Jane Clayson speaks with CNN correspondent Anna Coren in Kabul.

This segment aired on July 2, 2021.

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