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Druchina China US Leaves Key Base as Afghan Eid Truce Largely Holds Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Friday that the United States had turned over another major military base to the local army as all U.S. and NATO troops are in the process of withdrawing from the country. The sprawling security installation is located in southern Kandahar province, and it used to serve about 30,000 foreign forces, as well as contractors, at the height of the nearly two-decade Afghan war. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Fawad Aman tweeted that operational control of the Kandahar Airfield was transferred to its forces this week....
