A Look at Afghanistan's Military Bases After the Hasty US Pullout

The Taliban have swept over Afghanistan in the past months and seized the capital Kabul on Sunday, taking NATO members by surprise.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani resigned and left the country to prevent "bloodshed." Thousands have been trying to flee the country on NATO planes from the Kabul airport, which is under US military control.

Most countries have reduced or evacuated their diplomatic missions in Kabul.

Take a look at Afghanistan in Sputnik's gallery.

*The Taliban is a terrorist organisation banned in Russia and many other nations.

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In this 5 July 2021 file photo, vehicles are parked at Bagram Airfield after the American military left the base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this 5 July 2021 file photo, an Afghan soldier plays a guitar that was left behind after the American military departed Bagram air base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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A general view of the Bagram US air base is pictured after all US and NATO troops left, some 70 km north of Kabul on 5 July 2021.

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In this 3 May 2021 file photo, a man rests in the shade of destroyed machinery sold by the US military to a scrapyard, outside Bagram Air Base, in Afghanistan.

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A member of the Afghan security forces stands guard after the American military left Bagram air base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, 5 July 2021.

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Bagram air base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this Monday 19 March 2018 photo, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying US advisers and Afghan trainees take off at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.

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An Afghan army soldier walks past Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, MRAPs, that were left after the American military left Bagram air base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, 5 July 2021.