On Sunday, chief Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid rejected Trump’s assertions and urged the U.S. to adopt a policy of “realism and rationality.”

The Taliban government on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump ’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling military faci...

Later on Saturday, the US president was asked by reporters at the White House if he was considering sending US troops to retake Bagram.