U.S. Bases in Central Asia: Where Will They Go?
05/05/2021
By James Durso
The U.S. is attempting to evacuate its troops and contractors from Afghanistan by 11 September 2021, the 20th anniversary of the al-Qaeda attacks.
American officials say they will keep the ability to collect intelligence and strike against terrorist threats to the U.S. by locating facilities and equipment in nearby countries.
Negotiations to locate American military and intelligence units in Afghanistan’s Central Asian neighbors will be difficult.
The neighbors will have to live with an Afghanistan in which the Taliban assume a larger role, probably within the country’s governing institutions, and hosting foreign forces will complicate bilateral relations.
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