US pulls out of major Kandahar base in southern Afghanistan

General view shows a vacated US military base at Kandahar International Airport on April 29, 2021. (File/AFP)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: The United States has completed its withdrawal from Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan, once the second largest military base in the country for US forces, officials said Friday.
“They have not officially handed over the base to us but I can confirm they left the base on Wednesday,” said Khoja Yaya Alawi, a spokesman for the Afghan army in Kandahar.