US close chapter of its longest war! Completes its withdrawal, leaving behind collapsing nation
US completes its withdrawal, leaving behind collapsing nation
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Washington DC, August 31: Closing the chapter of America’s longest war, the United State finished its withdrawal efforts from Kabul as the last US military planes left Afghanistan with troops and the remaining core diplomatic staff, just a minute before the Aug. 31 deadline.
The US Department of Defense tweeted the picture of the last American soldier leaving Afghanistan. The final C-17 carrying service members lifted off from the Kabul airport at 3:29 pm U.S. Eastern Time. Major Gen. Chris Donahue became the last soldier to depart the country.
After the took of its last US aircraft, the very next minute, General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, announced the completion of US withdrawal from Afghanistan during a Pentagon news conference."I'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the mission to evacuate American citizens, third-country nationals, and vulnerable Afghans."
He also praised the military-led evacuation as heroic and historic and said the U.S. diplomatic presence would shift to Doha, Qatar. Blinken informed that fewer than 200 Americans have been left behind in Afghanistan.
US President Joe Biden on Monday thanked the American military, announced the completion of the massive evacuation operations from Afghanistan.
"The past 17 days have seen our troops execute the largest airlift in US history, evacuating over 120,000 US citizens, citizens of our allies, and Afghan allies of the United States. They have done it with unmatched courage, professionalism, and resolve. Now, our 20-year military presence in Afghanistan has ended," Biden said, as per a release of the White House.
The 20-year conflict took the lives of nearly 2,500 US troops and an estimated 240,000 Afghans and cost some $2 trillion