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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 2021 Kabul airlift was a large-scale evacuation operation conducted by the United States and its allies following the Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 and during the final stages of the U.S. and NATO troop withdrawal, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. [27]
“By January 2021, the Taliban was in the strongest military position it had been since 9/11 [and] we had the smallest number of US forces in Afghanistan since 2001,” he said, arguing that the ...
A suicide bombing took place at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 26 August 2021, at 17:50 local time (13:20 UTC), [11] during the evacuation from Afghanistan. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] At least 182 people were killed, including 169 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military, [ 3 ] [ 14 ] [ 4 ] the ...
China sent a flight to bring home 210 of its nationals from Afghanistan, state media reported Friday, as the U.S. military prepares to leave the country and the security situation grows ...
The disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal after 20 years of war is widely viewed as a low point in Biden’s term. He faced criticism from military families after being filmed checking his watch ...
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
A top Army officer who served in Afghanistan was promoted by the Senate on Monday night after Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) dropped his hold on the promotion. He had raised concerns about a lack ...