٠٠:٠٤:٠١Camp Chapman, once a USA Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) base in Afghanistan's Khost province, has now been taken over by the Taliban forces.
On Wednesday, Taliban militants stood watch in the former CIA stronghold where documents and equipment pertaining to the intelligence agency and their Afghan trainees had been seemingly destroyed by the American forces amid the rushed withdrawal of the US from the country.
"They used this place for night operations and attacks, they used to control the drones from here, so it was the main point for them," Abdul Matin, a Taliban member claimed.
Established shortly after the start of the US campaign in Afghanistan in 2001, the base was initially used as a military base before becoming a hub for counter-terrorism intelligence and operations close the Pakistan border.
Over its operation course, the intelligence base was the target of numerous attacks by the Taliban and other militants. Seven people including the base's then-chief were killed in a suicide attack on the camp back in 2009, forming the second-deadliest attack ever on the CIA.
In the run-up to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the camp was reportedly targeted twice by the Taliban in March 2020, in violation of a USA-Taliban peace agreement.
Afghanistan: Wreckage at former CIA post in Khost following Taliban takeover
Camp Chapman, once a USA Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) base in Afghanistan's Khost province, has now been taken over by the Taliban forces.
On Wednesday, Taliban militants stood watch in the former CIA stronghold where documents and equipment pertaining to the intelligence agency and their Afghan trainees had been seemingly destroyed by the American forces amid the rushed withdrawal of the US from the country.
"They used this place for night operations and attacks, they used to control the drones from here, so it was the main point for them," Abdul Matin, a Taliban member claimed.
Established shortly after the start of the US campaign in Afghanistan in 2001, the base was initially used as a military base before becoming a hub for counter-terrorism intelligence and operations close the Pakistan border.
Over its operation course, the intelligence base was the target of numerous attacks by the Taliban and other militants. Seven people including the base's then-chief were killed in a suicide attack on the camp back in 2009, forming the second-deadliest attack ever on the CIA.
In the run-up to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the camp was reportedly targeted twice by the Taliban in March 2020, in violation of a USA-Taliban peace agreement.
Camp Chapman, once a USA Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) base in Afghanistan's Khost province, has now been taken over by the Taliban forces.
On Wednesday, Taliban militants stood watch in the former CIA stronghold where documents and equipment pertaining to the intelligence agency and their Afghan trainees had been seemingly destroyed by the American forces amid the rushed withdrawal of the US from the country.
"They used this place for night operations and attacks, they used to control the drones from here, so it was the main point for them," Abdul Matin, a Taliban member claimed.
Established shortly after the start of the US campaign in Afghanistan in 2001, the base was initially used as a military base before becoming a hub for counter-terrorism intelligence and operations close the Pakistan border.
Over its operation course, the intelligence base was the target of numerous attacks by the Taliban and other militants. Seven people including the base's then-chief were killed in a suicide attack on the camp back in 2009, forming the second-deadliest attack ever on the CIA.
In the run-up to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the camp was reportedly targeted twice by the Taliban in March 2020, in violation of a USA-Taliban peace agreement.