Junkyard of empires: Afghans sift through leftovers of US occupation ...Middle East

BAGRAM: Squatting in the dust by the main road to Afghanistan’s biggest air base, Mir Salam sifts through a pile of broken electronics in front of him, salvaged from departing US troops.All around are heaps of junk and scrapped equipment — ranging from telephones and thermos flasks to computer keyboards and printer cartridges.“This is what the Americans do,“ the 40-year-old told AFP. “They destroy absolutely everything.”The Pentagon is vacating Bagram air base as part of its plan to withdraw all forces by this year’s 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, and it could be completed by the end of the month.Military gear is being taken home, or given to Afghan securi

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