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The talks in Qatar resumed in December, [398] though the Taliban refused to allow the Afghan government to be invited, [399] considering them a puppet government of the US. [400] The Taliban spoke with Afghans including former President Karzai at a hotel in Moscow in February 2019, but again these talks did not include the Afghan government. [401]
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war.In February 2020, the Trump administration and the Taliban signed the United States–Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar, [7] which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments, provided ...
The US government rejected amnesty for Umar or any Taliban leaders. [203] On 7 December, Sherzai's forces seized Kandahar airport and moved into the city. [198] Umar departed Kandahar and disappeared; he may have gone to Zabul, Helmand, or Pakistan. [204] Other Taliban leaders fled to Pakistan through the remote passes of Paktia and Paktika. [204]
America's longest war is nearing its end, with a loss to the enemy it defeated in Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, shock that the government and military it supported collapsed so quickly and ...
With U.S. officials struggling to explain why America’s longest war ended in chaos, a series of interviews revealed there’s plenty of blame to go around.
The Taliban — which provided support to 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden — entered Kabul with little resistance, culminating a stunning week in which it captured almost the entire country.
Fall of Kabul; Part of the 2021 Taliban offensive of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the war on terror: Clockwise from top left: Afghans fleeing Kabul Airport aboard a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, US Marines assisting at an evacuation checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport, coalition soldiers assist a child during the evacuation, armed Taliban fighters in Kabul, Taliban ...
The United States has conducted two withdrawals of United States troops from Afghanistan: Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016), draw down of United States Armed Forces in the Afghanistan war; 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, withdrawal of all United States combat forces from Afghanistan