🇦🇫 Five years after US forces left Afghanistan, rumors that Americans have quietly returned to Bagram Air Base are spreading across Kabul and the Afghan diaspora. Journalist Emran Feroz went to Bagram for Drop Site and found no sign of them. Residents around the base told Feroz the only armed men going in and out are Taliban fighters. A Taliban intelligence officer escorting him was turned away at the gate as access is controlled by the Ministry of Defense, and that secrecy feeds the rumors. Bagram has been hit since U.S. forces left: Pakistani airstrikes struck the base in late February and early March. Trump has also publicly said that he wants it back. Feroz also spoke with a Taliban official who says he was tortured at Bagram's US-run prison. The official confirmed that parts of the facility are still in use but would not say who is held there. @Emran_Feroz joined @democracynow to discuss his reporting. Read the full report from Drop Site in reply. ⬇️