The US Central Command has said that an estimated 30-44% of American troops had been withdrawn from Afghanistan until last month, inching closer to achieve President Joe Biden’s ambitious target of 100% removal of its military from the war-torn country by September 11 this year.
American troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan
President Biden in April announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11 this year, thus bringing an end to the country’s longest war spanning across two decades.
CENTCOM Said
Since the President’s decision, the Department of Defence has retrograded the equivalent of approximately 300 C-17 loads of material out of Afghanistan and have turned nearly 13,000 pieces of equipment to the Defence Logistics Agency for disposition, CENTCOM said.
US Troops to Return
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, the US has agreed to withdraw all its soldiers from Afghanistan in 14 months.
What would happen after US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
There are currently 2,500 American troops left in Afghanistan, the lowest level of American forces in the war-torn country since 2001.
Since the US-led invasion that ousted the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 attacks, America has spent more than USD 1 trillion in fighting and rebuilding in Afghanistan.
Taliban Insurgents and Afghan Civilians
About 2,400 US soldiers have been killed, along with tens of thousands of Afghan troops, Taliban insurgents and Afghan civilians.ALSO CHECK THIS :