Bagram Airfield, also known as Bagram Air Base, is located 11 kilometres southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It was owned and operated by the country's Ministry of Defense. Si
A USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon taking off at Bagram Airfield in January 2015
This image shows aircraft of the Afghan Air Force during U.S. President Eisenhower's visit in 1959.
Soviet MiG-21 fighter jets at Bagram, 1980
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks to U.S. troops at Bagram on 16 December 2001.
The Taliban insurgency began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 war in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces fought against the Afghan government, led by President Hamid Karzai, and later by
Insurgent regions in Afghanistan and border regions of Pakistan, as of 2010