Some of the danger could have been avoided when President Joe Biden ordered the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan after twenty years of war. Bagram would have been a far more secure option for evacuations. The base, forty-five miles north of Kabul, is ringed with antiterror devices. It is much harder to penetrate than the Kabul airport. In just a few hours, President Biden will feel the repercussions of his decision to abandon Bagram in the middle of the night.
