The US military today completed its withdrawal from an air base in Uzbekistan that has been an important hub for American military operations in Afghanistan, a US official said.

The upper house of Uzbekistan’s parliament today backed the government’s order that the United States withdraw troops from the Central Asian nation.

UZBEKISTAN has formally evicted the US from a military base that has served as a hub for its combat operations in Afghanistan, the US State Department confirmed.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld won assurances from top government officials today that American forces face no near-term deadline for withdrawing from an air base near the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek that they use to support combat and humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.