United States President Joe R. Biden announced that remaining American troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021, citing that the September 11 attack of 2001 "cannot explain" why US forces should remain in the nation 20 years later. The withdrawal of the US forces numbering just under 2,500 will begin on May 1st. The September deadline is just over 4 months later than the original peace agreement reached by the administration of former President Donald J. Trump with the Taliban group last year.

Following President Biden's announcement, NATO Secretary General Jen Stoltenberg also stated that the alliance also agrees to withdraw its roughly 7,000 personnel from Afghanistan starting May 1, and that the full withdrawal will be completed "in months" but did not mention the September 11th deadline. While some say that the withdrawal will mark the end of one of the longest and costliest wars of the United States, critics say that the withdrawal will abandon the US efforts in Afghanistan to keep peace and security.

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