NATO Allies have decided to end the two-decade-old U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan. The decision was announced at a joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin in Brussels on Wednesday.
On the same day, U.S. President Joe Biden officially announced the drawdown of all 2,500 U.S. troops in the war-ravaged country. The U.S. troop withdrawal will begin on May 1, and conclude by September 11, the day 20 years ago the United States started its military operations in Afghanistan. It also marks the 20th anniversary of the Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on American soil.
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