what going on in afghanistan right now?
Conflict in Afghanistan
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 On 26 November , the same day the incident occurred , Pakistan ordered the US to shut down and vacate the Shamsi Airfield in the southwestern Balochistan province within a deadline of 15 days . US forces and the Central Intelligence Agency had reportedly leased this airbase in 2001 for joint surveillance and launching drone attacks against militants in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan . The Shamsi airbase was the only military base in Pakistan being used by the United States , and orders of its evacuation by US personnel symbolised an increasing rift and deterioration in relations between Pakistan and the United States . 

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 Molstad wrote a third novel , Independence Day : War in the Desert in July 1999 . Set in Saudi Arabia on July 3 , it centers around Captain Cummins and Colonel Thompson , the two Royal Air Force officers seen receiving the Morse code message in the film . 

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 In October 2015 , in light of the deteriorating security situation , the White House announced a plan to keep U.S. Forces in Afghanistan indefinitely . 

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 Among the immediate repercussions of the incident is that the United States ' attempts to end the war in Afghanistan peacefully may now be in jeopardy . Some Pakistani officials warned that the attack could have " huge implications " for the Afghan endgame . Pakistan , which is designated as a major non @-@ NATO ally by the United States and is seen as a key facilitator in bringing the United States to the negotiations table with the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network , had already halted those efforts according to an unnamed Pakistani official close to the military establishment . 

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 December 2001 : During the opening stages of the war in Afghanistan launched following the September 11 attacks , the U.S. and its allies believed that bin Laden was hiding in the rugged mountains at Tora Bora . Despite overrunning the Taliban and al @-@ Qaeda positions , they failed to capture or kill him . 
