US eyes return to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
by editors@theworld.org (Joshua Coe) from The World: Latest Stories on (#705NE)
During his state visit to the UK, President Donald Trump expressed interest in the US reclaiming Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, saying it's an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons." Previously under US military control, the base is now in the hands of the Taliban and would likely require negotiations to retake. The World's Host Marco Werman spoke to Dennis Wilder, who was the US National Security Council's director for China from 2004 to 2005 and is now a senior fellow at Georgetown University.