{"id":647122,"date":"2021-08-15T10:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=647122"},"modified":"2021-08-15T10:21:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T14:21:27","slug":"report-taliban-overrun-bagram-air-base-numerous-high-value-prisoners-al-qaeda-members-freed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-taliban-overrun-bagram-air-base-numerous-high-value-prisoners-al-qaeda-members-freed\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Taliban Overrun Bagram Air Base; Numerous \u2018High Value\u2019 Prisoners, Al Qaeda Members Freed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-taliban-overrun-bagram-air-base-numerous-high-value-prisoners-al-qaeda-members-freed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=647122&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bagram-Air-Base.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Taliban took control of Bagram Air Base on Sunday, a former American airbase that the U.S turned over to the Afghanistan government last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban have reportedly released thousands of prisoners that were held at Bagram, including members of al Qaeda, the terror group that carried out the 9-11 attacks and prompted the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Bagram was under control of the U.S. military for roughly two decades before leaving it in control of the Afghan military in July as the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taliban claims it overran Bagram Air Base and freed prisoners. Many high-value detainees were located there, including members of Al Qaeda. This will reverberate for years to come,\u201d said Bill Roggio, Long War Journal editor, and terror analyst.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3478260869565\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Taliban claims it overran Bagram Air Base and freed prisoners. Many high value detainees were located there, including members of Al Qaeda. This will reverberate for years to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yt3eG0uZNk\">https:\/\/t.co\/yt3eG0uZNk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Roggio (@billroggio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billroggio\/status\/1426849965746397188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>U.S. and Afghan officials confirmed reports of the Taliban takeover at Bagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenior US official tells @cbsnews Bagram has fallen w\/prisoners released,\u201d CBS senior investigative reporter Catherine Herridge said. \u201cNOTE: Historically these prison releases have been catastrophic, strengthening al Qaeda + associated groups + touted in propaganda as major victories.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.202614379085\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> Senior US official tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cbsnews<\/a> Bagram has fallen w\/prisoners released.                       NOTE: Historically these prison releases have been catastrophic, strengthening al Qaeda + associated groups + touted in propaganda as major victories <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSDavidMartin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBSDavidMartin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS_Herridge\/status\/1426894617493098505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taliban militants entered the Afghan capital of Kabul Sunday and have begun negotiating for the Afghanistan government\u2019s complete surrender. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-taliban-at-afghan-presidential-palace-to-negotiate-transfer-of-power-as-people-flee-city\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"26.688288288288\">\n<p><em>Taliban leaders are reportedly at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, negotiating a swift \u201ctransfer of power\u201d from the Afghan government in place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Residents of Kabul and refugees who took shelter in the Afghan capital city over the last several weeks as the Taliban seized power in the country\u2019s southern provinces are now trying to flee the city, but finding roads blocked and airports now under Taliban control.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTaliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government, officials said, as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-bagram-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">the Associated Press noted.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Taliban in a statement said that they wouldn\u2019t take Kabul by force,\u201d the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/afghanistans-taliban-seize-jalalabad-as-panic-grips-kabul-11629005282\">Wall Street Journal added<\/a>&nbsp;based on reports from the ground. \u201cThe insurgent group added that it had ordered its fighters to wait and not attack the Afghan capital, home to six million people and that it was in talks with \u2018the other side\u2019 to discuss entering the city without harming its residents.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>U.S. officials are rushing to evacuate the U.S. embassy in Kabul as the Afghanistan government negotiates its collapse with the terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelicopters buzzed overhead to evacuate personnel from the U.S. Embassy, while smoke rose near the compound as staff destroyed important documents. Several other Western missions also prepared to pull their people out,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-bagram-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5\">Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban carried out a lightning blitz across Afghanistan, capturing multiple major cities in a matter of days. Days before the terrorists entered Kabul, U.S. military analysts estimated that the fall of Afghanistan could be as far as a month away.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban took control of Bagram Air Base on Sunday, a former American airbase that the U.S turned over to the Afghanistan government last month.The Taliban have reportedly released thousands &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}