{"id":277288,"date":"2025-10-10T13:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2157308"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:09:45","slug":"us-military-withdraws-from-afghanistan-base-leaves-pokemon-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/us-military-withdraws-from-afghanistan-base-leaves-pokemon-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"US military withdraws from Afghanistan base, leaves Pok\u00e9mon behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/us-military-withdraws-from-afghanistan-base-leaves-pokemon-behind.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nUS military newspaper Stars and Stripes has reflected on the ongoing withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan &#8220;through the lens of Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/middle_east\/2021-07-02\/pokemon-go-bagram-troop-withdrawal-2027917.html\">article<\/a> published over the weekend includes interviews with former and currently serving members of the US armed forces who played Pok\u00e9mon Go while stationed on the base at Bagram Airfield, near Kabul, over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>According to the story, the base previously hosted a &#8220;thriving&#8221; Pok\u00e9mon Go community made up of troops, contractors and visiting civilians &#8220;who played the game while exercising and after work&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-07-05-us-military-withdraws-from-afghanistan-base-leaves-pokemon-behind\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-07-05-us-military-withdraws-from-afghanistan-base-leaves-pokemon-behind\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US military newspaper Stars and Stripes has reflected on the ongoing withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan &#8220;through the lens of Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8221;. An article published over the weekend includes interviews with former and currently serving members of the US armed forces who played Pok\u00e9mon Go while stationed on the base at Bagram Airfield, near Kabul, over the past few years. According to the story, the base previously hosted a &#8220;thriving&#8221; Pok\u00e9mon Go community made up of troops, contractors and visiting civilians &#8220;who played the game while exercising and after work&#8221;. 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