Bloody end of two decades of US occupation of Afghanistan.
The Pentagon has confirmed the complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
The Pentagon has confirmed the complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and the end of the US mission after two decades of occupation.
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the commander-in-chief of US forces (Centcom), announced in a video conference with the Pentagon on Monday, local time, that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan was complete.
The US military official added that US and coalition warplanes had evacuated more than 123,000 civilians from Afghanistan.
“We know that ISIS tried to attack us and continue to attack us,” said Centcom Commander-in-Chief. Our attack on them yesterday disrupted their program.
Regarding US military equipment in Afghanistan, he added that some of them have been withdrawn and some have been decommissioned that will no longer be usable.
Ahead of the US military official’s remarks, Taliban news sources announced at the same time as the shooting around Kabul airport that the last US flight was to evacuate people from Afghanistan.
A Taliban guard at Kabul airport said US planes had left Afghanistan after two decades of war, the Associated Press reported.
US officials also told Fox News that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was over.
