- The Taliban invited reporters to inspect the remains of the CIA base in Kabul.
- The reporter found the detonated ammunition depot, as well as an undamaged game room and pool table.
- The United States destroyed the base during its retreat, hoping to obtain intelligence from the Taliban.
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Taliban militants invited reporters to the site of the Eagle Base, a notorious CIA base and detention facility on the outskirts of Kabul.
After the Afghan government collapsed in mid-August, it was destroyed by the United States when it hurriedly retreated from Afghanistan.
On September 6, militants from the Badri 313 elite unit accompanied reporters from AFP news line, Los Angeles Times, Turkish news channel TRT News and other media to inspect the scene.
Taliban commander Mullah HasnainOld Agence France-Presse The militants monitor the base for ten days As the U.S. withdraws, And saw multiple explosions at the scene.
“We did not stop them, even the last convoy to the airport via road. We did not attack them because we followed the orders of our senior officials,” he said.
Hasnine said that a large crater at the scene appeared to be an ammunition depot On August 27, the United States detonated the bomb in a huge explosion.
On September 6, 2021, after the United States withdrew all its forces from the country, members of the Taliban’s Badri 313 military unit walked through the ruins of the destroyed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) base in the Deh Sabz district of northeastern Kabul.
The explosion occurred the day after the terrorist attack on refugees and US troops at Kabul Airport. Some people mistakenly believed it was the second attack that day.
Hasnain said that not everything was destroyed, and pointed out that what he was talking about was an intact rocket. He asked the report not to touch them, adding that “we can still shoot with them.”
According to TRT’s Ali Mustafa, reporters filmed surreal scenes while wandering around the ruins. One of the few intact buildings on the scene is a recreation room with a pool table and dart board.
“Los Angeles Times” reporter Nabih Bulos (Nabih Bulos) shot inside a building showing debris, wild dogs running inside, a room with rows of structures that look like cages or cabinets .
“They said here that they didn’t find anything. There were no computers, just empty rooms with a lot of debris in them. They really did a lot on this issue,” Bulos said.
US officials said that the CIA detonated the base to prevent weapons and intelligence from falling into the hands of the Taliban.
The base is a large complex of a former factory not far from Kabul Airport. It has been the nerve center of US intelligence operations in Afghanistan for more than two decades.
It is one of the notorious “black fields”, After the 9/11 incident, the detainees were interrogated and tortured there. It has also recently been used to train Afghan counterintelligence units.
New York Times, According to an analysis of satellite footage, it was discovered that after the Taliban seized power on August 15, the United States was anxious to evacuate citizens and allies from Kabul, and conducted a secret evacuation from the base.
