Biden’s address came one day after the last remaining U.S. military aircraft departed Kabul, ending nearly 20 years of war in Afghanistan and capping 17 days of chaotic evacuations in what amounted to the largest non-combatant airlift operation in U.S. military history.
President Biden defended his decision to complete the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan this week and pledged to use diplomatic means to help evacuate up to 200 Americans who remain in the country.
President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. , ending nearly 20 years of war in Afghanistan and capping 17 days of chaotic evacuations in what amounted to the largest non-combatant airlift operation in U.S. military history. In all, more than 123,000 civilians were evacuated by the U.S.
Soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. “The decision to end the military lift operations at Kabul airport was based on the unanimous recommendation of my military and civilian advisors,” who, Biden said, had argued that “the safest way to secure the passage of remaining Americans and others out of the country was not to continue with 6,000 troops on the ground in Kabul, but rather to get them out through non-military means.”
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