US pulls out of major Kandahar base: Afghan army

US troops in Kandahar

The United States has completed its withdrawal from Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan, once the second largest military base in the country for US forces, officials said Friday. ‘They have not officially handed over the base to us but I can confirm they left the base on Wednesday,’ said Khoja Yaya Alawi, a spokesman for the Afghan army in Kandahar. ‘They have handed over all the facilities to Afghan forces,’ Massoud Pashtun, the director of Kandahar Airport, added. An official handover is expected to take place after the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which ends on Saturday, both officials said.