Biden announces plan to pull troops from ‘US’s longest war’
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani says his country’s defence forces are fully capable of defending its people and country
14 April 2021 - 22:05
Washington — President Joe Biden announced his decision Wednesday to fully withdraw US forces from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the September 11 2001 attacks, declaring it was “time to end America’s longest war”.
Biden said that the “reasons for remaining in Afghanistan have become increasingly unclear” and that only the Afghan people could rebuild their country...
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