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  Biden to announce full withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by Sept. 11.
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  Apr 13, 2021 01:31pm
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AuthorHelene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes and Thomas Gibbons-Neff
News DateTuesday, April 13, 2021 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionPresident Biden has decided to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 20 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon launched the country into its longest war, United States officials said Tuesday.

The decision will keep more than 3,000 American troops on the ground in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 withdrawal deadline announced by the administration of former President Donald J. Trump.

But it signals what Mr. Biden plans to present as a definitive end to America’s “Forever War.”

Administration officials said that since Mr. Biden was fixing a definite date on an American troop withdrawal, he hoped to avoid an increase in violence — which the Taliban have threatened if the United States kept troops beyond May 1.
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