HomeNewsWho, or what, is stopping Trump from taking Afghanistans Bagram Air Base? Who, or what, is stopping Trump from taking Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base? Trump is very keen to control the Bagram Air Base. HIGHLIGHTSTrump has announced that the US is attempting to recapture Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The Bagram Air Base was abandoned by the US more than four years ago.