We don’t exercise sovereignty? Karzai couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heal. We run that place (along with the Taliban) lock, stock, and barrel. Why is my definition of base strange?
I’ve been to Afghanistan. You haven’t - obviously. You do NOT know how things are run there, not at all. The Afghans DO run things their way, and we go along with what THEY want. That is the reality. Period.
Afghanistan is sovereign. The US is there to assist. We do not run the country.
And a base isn’t a military attache at an Embassy.