Donald Trump says if Afghanistan doesn't give back control of the Bagram air base to the United States, "bad things" will happen.
"If Afghanistan doesn't give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN," Trump said in a Truth Social post on Saturday.
The Taliban took over the US base following the collapse of the Afghan government and the US military withdrawal in 2021.
Trump said on Thursday that the United States had sought to regain control of the base used by American forces following the attacks of September 11, 2001.
He told reporters on Friday that he was speaking with Afghanistan about it.
Afghan officials have expressed opposition to a revived US presence.
"Afghanistan and the United States need to engage with one another ... without the United States maintaining any military presence in any part of Afghanistan," Zakir Jalal, an Afghan foreign ministry official, said in a post on X on Thursday.