Joe Biden Will Withdraw US Troops From Afghanistan To Coincide With The 20th Anniversary Of 9/11
On September 11, 2021, the United States will withdraw from Afghanistan after 19 years, 11 months and four days, since the George W. Bush government attacked the Afghan Taliban regime on October 7, 2001. US President Joe Biden has decided that he will withdraw US troops from Afghanistan on September 11, 2021, on the 20th anniversary of the Al Qaeda attacks against New York and the Pentagon that led to Washington's military intervention in it. country , in what has been its longest war. This has been assured by three sources familiar with Biden's decision to the Reuters agency. The withdrawal, however, will be made based on security and human rights guarantees, according to the same sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, shortly before the announcement was made. No further details are known about this move. Biden himself is expected to publicly announce his decision and that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will inform NATO allies. ...