<p>An Afghan official says forces at Bagram air base, home to a prison housing 5,000 inmates, have surrendered to the Taliban.</p>.<p>Bagram district chief Darwaish Raufi said Sunday that the surrender handed the one-time American base over to the insurgents.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-Afghanistan-Taliban-crisis-United-States-Kandahar-Kabul-Joe-Biden-Ghani-Jalalabad-Mazar-e-sharif-1019923.html" target="_blank">Follow live updates on Afghanistan here</a></strong></p>.<p>The prison housed both Taliban and Islamic State group fighters.</p>.<p>It came as the Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul.</p>
<p>An Afghan official says forces at Bagram air base, home to a prison housing 5,000 inmates, have surrendered to the Taliban.</p>.<p>Bagram district chief Darwaish Raufi said Sunday that the surrender handed the one-time American base over to the insurgents.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-Afghanistan-Taliban-crisis-United-States-Kandahar-Kabul-Joe-Biden-Ghani-Jalalabad-Mazar-e-sharif-1019923.html" target="_blank">Follow live updates on Afghanistan here</a></strong></p>.<p>The prison housed both Taliban and Islamic State group fighters.</p>.<p>It came as the Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul.</p>