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Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, the terrorist group’s affiliate in Afghanistan, has posed a significant threat to U.S. troops in the final days of the military’s withdrawal, as U.S. and ...
Donahue, who headed the 82nd Airborne Division during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, was tapped by President Biden for the promotion to four-star general, but the confirmation was left out ...
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war.In February 2020, the Trump administration and the Taliban signed the United States–Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar, [7] which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments, provided ...
In addition to the American service members, 168 Afghans were killed in the bombing as they tried to get on board evacuation flights out of the war-torn country.
The United States has conducted two withdrawals of United States troops from Afghanistan: Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016), draw down of United States Armed Forces in the Afghanistan war; 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, withdrawal of all United States combat forces from Afghanistan
Donahue commanded the military's 82nd Airborne Division during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and was the last American soldier to leave the country as U.S. forces evacuated in August 2021.
PHOTO: President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris, responds to questions about the ongoing US military evacuations of US citizens and vulnerable Afghans, in Washington, DC, Aug. 20, 2021.
Following the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, in addition to a rapid offensive conducted by the Taliban, the Afghan National Army largely disintegrated, [7] with large numbers of ANA soldiers abandoning their posts or surrendering en masse to the Taliban, [8] allowing the Taliban to capture large quantities of US-provided military equipment, vehicles and ...