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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 ...
2021 Kabul airlift. Large-scale evacuations of foreign citizens and some vulnerable Afghan citizens took place amid the withdrawal of US and NATO forces at the end of the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. The Taliban took control of Kabul and declared victory on 15 August 2021, and the NATO-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan collapsed.
On 14 April 2021, President Biden announced his intention to withdraw all regular US troops from Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. On 27 April, the State Department ordered employees at the Kabul embassy to leave if their "function [could] be performed elsewhere." The move was not expected to reduce embassy capability. [17]
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken to appear later this month to discuss its report on the US’ withdrawal from Afghanistan.
GOP probe details deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, finds no direct role by Harris. ANNE FLAHERTY and CHRIS BOCCIA. September 8, 2024 at 7:02 PM. House Republicans on Monday released the results of a ...
Jason Brownlee. August 26, 2024 at 7:03 AM. As The Taliban celebrate their third anniversary of returning to power in Kabul, Afghanistan, Republicans have been quick to tie vice president and ...
Operation Allies Refuge was an evacuation effort carried out by the United States during the 2021 Taliban offensive.It took place in the final weeks of the War in Afghanistan and saw the airlifting of certain at-risk Afghan civilians (particularly coalition-allied interpreters), employees of the American embassy in Kabul, and other prospective applicants for the U.S. Special Immigrant Visa (SIV).
United States–Taliban deal. The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, commonly known as the United States–Taliban deal or the Doha Accord, [1] was a peace agreement signed by the United States and the Taliban on 29 February 2020 in Doha, Qatar, to bring an end to the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. [2][3] Negotiated for the US by ...