SpaceWar.com reports: “The Taliban government has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to regain control of Bagram Air Base, which the United States abandoned to the Afghan government during its military withdrawal from the Middle Eastern country four years ago.

The United States left the country in a hasty exit that was initiated under the first Trump administration and completed under the Biden administration, which saw Afghanistan fall back under Taliban control.

Last week, Trump publicly demanded the facility be returned to U.S. control in a bid to check China.

The Taliban on Sunday said that it is seeking ‘constructive relations’ with all states and that it has consistently communicated to the United States that Afghanistan’s ‘independence and territorial integrity are of the utmost importance.’

‘It should be recalled that, under the Doha agreement, the United States pledged that ‘it will not use or threaten force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Afghanistan, nor interfere in its internal affairs.’ Therefore, it is necessary that they remain faithful to their commitments,’ the Taliban said in a statement shared by its deputy spokesman, Hamdullah Firat, on X…”