End of the longest War! Biden to withdraw remaining troops from Afghanistan by Sept 11

Washington DC, April 15 : Bringing to an end to the longest war in American history spanning across two decades, US president Joe Biden announced that the US is going to pull out its troops from Afghanistan before 11 September. While announcing the news he said, "Time to end America's longest war."

 

President Biden said, "US troops, as well as forces deployed by our NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Allies and operational partners, will be out of Afghanistan before we mark the 20th anniversary of that heinous attack on September 11 (2001).”

 

“We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan, hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdrawal and expecting a different result,” Biden said. He further added its time for American troops to come home. “I am now the fourth American president to preside over an American troop presence in Afghanistan. Two Republicans. Two Democrats. I will not pass this responsibility to a fifth … It is time to end America’s longest war. It is time for American troops to come home.”

 

“The United States will begin our final withdrawal -- begin it on May 1 of this year. We will not conduct a hasty rush to the exit. We'll do it responsibly, deliberately, and safely. And we will do it in full coordination with our allies and partners, who now have more forces in Afghanistan than we do,” the President said.

 

 

 

At the last, he said, "Rather than return to war with the Taliban, we have to focus on the challenges that are in front of us. We have to track and disrupt terrorist networks and operations that spread far beyond Afghanistan since 9/11."

 

According to the Department of Defense, there are currently 2,500 U.S. service members 7,000 other foreign troops stationed there in Afghanistan.

 

 

After the announcement, Biden went to the Arlington National Cemetery and paid homage to the American soldiers who died in the Afghanistan war. According to US army officials, more than 2,300 US personnel have been killed and 20,000 wounded in the long-running conflict. United States longest war began in 2001 after Al Qaeda terrorists based in Afghanistan attacked the World Trade Centre in New York.

 

It should be noted that the US and the Taliban signed a landmark deal in Doha on February 29, 2020, to bring lasting peace in war-torn Afghanistan and allow US troops to return home from America's longest war.

Under the US-Taliban pact signed in Doha, the US agreed to withdraw all its soldiers from Afghanistan in 14 months.

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