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Final phase of ending America s forever war in Afghanistan formally begins
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We Got Afghanistan Wrong, but There’s Still Time to Learn Something POLITICO 1 hr ago By Jason Dempsey © David Goldman, File/AP Photo A U.S. Army soldier walks past an American Flag hanging at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
President Biden was right to reject the recommendations of the Afghan Study Group and to order the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan. It was clearly not an easy decision, as it involved going against the recommendations of many current and former military leaders who were heavily invested in the conflict. With this difficult decision should come some introspection about the limits of military power and the danger of simplistic narratives of American capabilities, but initial responses suggest that this will not be the case.
OnPolitics: The war in Afghanistan will come to an end Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY © David Goldman, AP U.S. soldiers sit beneath an American flag just raised to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan, in 2011. Ten years later, U.S. troops are still in the country.
Happy Hump Day OnPolitics readers!
In yesterday s newsletter, I mentioned that President Joe Biden planned to withdraw all military forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20-year anniversary of the attacks that triggered the conflict.
Today, the president made it official in a speech from the White House Treaty Room: It is time for American troops to come home. So, how are politicians reacting to this big news?
At its height, the Afghan conflict saw more than 100,000 American soldiers in Afghanistan. Under the terms of the peace deal Mr Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump signed with the Taliban last year, Washington has committed to withdrawing the last remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan by May.
Indeed, during his final weeks in office Mr Trump almost halved the number of American troops based in the country, as part of his campaign promise to end Washington’s involvement in long and costly military interventions abroad. But that promise has been a source of deep unease within Nato. A number of European states, including Britain, still have around 8,000 troops on the ground, supporting the Afghan security forces.
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