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Aug 17, 2021 · Feb. 29, 2020 — U.S. and Taliban sign an agreement that sets the terms for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021, but do not release two classified annexes that set the conditions...
On 12 August 2021, following continued Taliban victories across Afghanistan, the Biden administration announced that 3,000 US troops would be deployed to Kabul Airport to evacuate embassy personnel, US nationals and Special Immigrant Visa applicants.
- Evacuation Marked by Threats, Attacks
- Taliban Tightens Security
- Renewed Risk of Terrorism
- Taliban Says Normal Travel Will Resume
The airport had become a U.S.-controlled island, a last stand in a 20-year war that claimed more than 2,400 American lives. The closing hours of the evacuation were marked by extraordinary drama. American troops faced the daunting task of getting final evacuees onto planes while also getting themselves and some of their equipment out, even as they ...
The two-week airlift brought scenes of desperation and horror. In the early days, people desperate to flee Taliban rule flooded onto the tarmac and some fell to their deaths after clinging to a departing aircraft. On Thursday, an Islamic State suicide attack at an airport gate killed more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members. More died in v...
Asked whether Americans are now less safe with the Taliban in power, Psaki said the U.S. will not allow terror to grow in the region. "We are not going to do anything that's going to allow terrorists to grow or prosper in Afghanistan — or any terrorist organization." But a former staffer from the George W. Bush administration says there is an absol...
The airport had been one of the few ways out for foreigners and Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover. However, coalition nations have halted their evacuations in recent days, leaving the U.S. military largely alone at the base with some remaining allied Afghan forces. The U.S. State Department released a statement Sunday signed by around 100 countr...
Aug 30, 2023 · On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed its full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, bringing the 20-year-long war to an end. Two weeks earlier, on Aug. 15, with fewer troops to block their...
Aug 30, 2021 · CNN — The last US military planes have left Afghanistan, Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of US Central Command, announced Monday at the Pentagon. The US departure marks the end of a...
Aug 31, 2021 · The US on Monday brought an end to its 20-year war in Afghanistan, withdrawing its last remaining troops and concluding a huge and chaotic airlift that evacuated more than 120,000 civilians...
Sep 1, 2021 · But facing terror threats, there was an urgency to stick to the self-imposed end-of-August deadline to get out of Afghanistan. Biden said military, State Department and intelligence...
