US troops to leave Afghanistan by September 11
By
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
FILE PHOTO: Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, head of US Central Command, speaks with US troops while visiting Forward Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Stewart. REUTERS
US plans to pull back the remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021.
The disclosure of the plan comes on the same day that the US intelligence community released a gloomy outlook for Afghanistan.
Joe Biden's decision would miss a May 1 deadline for withdrawal agreed to with the Taliban by his predecessor Donald Trump.
WASHINTON: US plans to pull back the remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America's longest war, US officials said on Tuesday.