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Biden’s gamble: Will pulling troops out of Afghanistan revive extremist threat? 3 hours ago The dust kicks up as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to land in order to extract Afghan National Army and U.S. soldiers following an advise-and-assist mission Sept. 17, 2019, in southeastern Afghanistan. (Master Sgt. Alejandro Licea/Army) BRUSSELS At its start, America’s war in Afghanistan was about retribution for 9/11. Then it was about shoring up a weak government and its weak army so that Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida could never again threaten the United States. Now it’s about over. With bin Laden long since dead and the United States not suffering another major attack, President Joe Biden is promising to end America’s longest war and move on to what he believes are bigger, more consequential challenges posed by a resurgent Russia and a rising China. ....