Trump’s Aim to Take Back Afghan Air Base Doesn’t Make Sense

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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump escalates a demand that the Taliban hand over Bagram Airfield, South Asian leaders arrive in New York City for the U.N. General Assembly—with a notable exception, and India implements large tax cuts. Trump’s Bagram Airfield Gambit Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump escalated a demand that he has made of the Taliban ever since the start of his second term. He warned in a Truth Social post that if the Taliban regime doesn’t return Bagram Airfield—a key U.S. military base during the war in...