US Abandoned Base and Left to Taliban

Last week, US forces abandoned a mountaintop base near Kabul, now Taliban forces have swarmed and occupied the base.

The US insists the base near the Korengal Valley is of no real strategic use. Al-Jareeza video-taped the Taliban entering and inspecting the base and aired this video over a major satellite TV station to give the Taliban a morale boost.

The Taliban claims to have recovered fuel and ammunition at the site but the US insists fuel was given to local residents while ammunition was evacuated.