India, Sept. 21 -- Taliban has rejected President Donald Trump's demand to return Bagram air base in Afghanistan to US control, saying that a deal was "not possible". Taliban also warned that any hostility will trigger the "strongest" response.

"Afghanistan is fully independent, governed by its own people, and not dependent on any foreign power," Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Fasihuddin Fitrat said Sunday at an event in Kabul, according to Bloomberg. "We do not fear any bully or aggressor."

"Recently, some people have said that they have entered negotiations with Afghanistan for taking back Bagram Air base," he added. "A deal over even an inch of Afghanistan's soil is not possible. We don't need it."

Trump earlier threatened Afgha...