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US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept.11
3 hours ago Marine General Kenneth McKenzie speaks with US troops while visiting Forward Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. File/Reuters
President Joe Biden will withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by Sept.11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, several US officials said on Tuesday.
The decision defies a May 1 deadline for full withdrawal under a peace agreement the Trump administration reached with the Taliban last year, but leaves no room for additional extensions. A senior administration official called the September date an absolute deadline that won’t be affected by security conditions in the country.
US troops to leave Afghanistan by September 11
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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.
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