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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 last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
Mazar-i-Sharif, the last anti-Taliban stronghold in Northern Afghanistan, is captured by the Taliban, signifying the near collapse of Afghan government control in the north. Taliban also capture the provincial capital of Asadabad, Gardez, Maymana, Mihtarlam, Nili and Sharana. More than half of the country's provinces have been seized by the ...
Taliban control of Afghanistan during the 2021 Taliban offensive and capture of Kabul. In April 2021, the newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden announced that all U.S. troops would withdraw from the country by 11 September 2021, the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. [168] He later brought this date forward to 31 August. [169]
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Doha Agreement between U.S. and Taliban begins withdrawal of U.S.-led forces, full withdrawal completes on 30 August 2021; 2021 Taliban offensive culminates in overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Formal end of fighting on 15 August 2021 with the fall of Kabul; National interim Taliban government announced on 7 September 2021
A former diplomat and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute said American media coverage has largely overlooked the "most important figure" in the militant group now in control of Afghanistan.
Trump previously discussed his “rough call” with “the leader of the Taliban, Abdul,” during an interview with Fox News personality Sean Hannity in 2022. “I said, ‘Don’t do it ...