Washington has been looking for ways to return to Afghanistan in order to 'surveil China' and 'gain access to rare earth elements'

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Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Zakir Jalal on 19 September said that US President Donald Trump’s claims of planning to “get back” control of Bagram Air Base are “impossible.”

“The Afghan people have never accepted a foreign military presence, and this issue was included in the Doha agreement,” Jalal told Sputnik, stressing that US military presence in Afghanistan “has become impossible.”

“Afghanistan and the United States can maintain political and economic relations based on mutual respect and shared interests without the need for a US military base in Afghanistan,” the Afghan official added.

Earlier this week, Trump told reporters at the White House that his government has been working to get back control of Bagram Air Base, which lies an hour north of Kabul.