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5. Oct. 19, 2009 Bagram Airfield keeps growing More than $200 million in projects in the works........

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 09:00 PM

Sep 18

This was over 15 years ago. The 200 million was just a drop in the pocket regarding how much money was spent for this spot in Afgan that Trump gave away to the Taliban!!
Now Trump wants it back--WITH MORE TAX MONEY!!

https://web.archive.org/web/20091022080659/http://www.thestate.com/local/story/989515.html

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
Bagram Airfield keeps growing
More than $200 million in projects in the works
By CHUCK CRUMBO - ccrumbo@thestate.com

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Seven days a week, concrete trucks rumble along the dusty perimeter road of this air base as bulldozers and backhoes reshape the rocky earth.

Hundreds of laborers slap mortar onto bricks as they build barracks and offices. Four concrete plants on the base have operated around the clock for 18 months to keep up with the construction needs.

Official U.S. policy is not to create a permanent occupation force in Afghanistan. But it is clear from what's happening at Bagram Airfield - the Afghan end of the Charleston-to-Afghanistan lifeline - that the U.S. military won't be packing up soon.

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