The United States began the final phase of withdrawing its military forces from Afghanistan on Saturday.
US Air Force pararescuemen ride in their medivac helicopter with the bodies of US soldiers who were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan, Oct. 10, 2010. AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, FileThe May 1 date was set by President Biden as the official start of a final withdrawal of US forces that will end by Sept. 11.
Afghan Army soldiers secure a military base that was previously in use by the US soldiers on April 14, 2021. EPA/GHULAMULLAH HABIBIThere are currently about 2,500 to 3,500 American troops in the Central Asian nation, according to reports, along with about 7,000 members of NATO forces.
President Joe Biden announced that the withdrawal of US forces in Afghanistan will end by Sept. 11. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesAmerica’s final effort to extract itself has already been underway, with reports in recent weeks of equipment leaving Afghanistan on huge C-17 Globemaster cargo planes.
US troops are being withdrawn from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. John Moore/Getty ImagesThe 20 years of America’s longest war have come at a high cost for both the US and Afghanistan.
Sargent Sheena Adams, 25, blows bubbles with Afghan boys surrounding her while on patrol on November 21, 2010 in Musa Qala, Afghanistan. Paula Bronstein/Getty ImagesBrown University’s Costs of War project estimates that the United States has spent $2 trillion in Afghanistan over the past two decades, with more than 47,000 civilian casualties.
May 1 date was the date set by President Biden as the official start of a final withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. AP Photo/David Goldman, FileThe US has suffered 2,442 troops killed and 20,666 wounded, according to the Department of Defense.
